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Aquamarine from
Phenakite Mine, Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village), Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Aquamarine
Formula:Be3Al2Si6O18
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aquamarine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Phenakite Mine, Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village), Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:940363
Long-form Identifier:1:3:940363:5
GUID (UUID V4):d590a678-d334-44d6-8da4-4e2649db7b80
Nearest other occurrences of Aquamarine
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘMoe-Thee Mine, Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village), Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘPalelni mine ("Kat Chay mine"), Khetchel village (Cache village; Khat Che village), Molo quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
49.8km (30.9 miles) ⓘPyant Gyi mine (Pyan Gyi), Pein-Pyit (Painpyit; Pyan Pyit), Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘHtin-shu-taung, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
53.3km (33.1 miles) ⓘDattaw-mid, Dattaw-taung (Dattaw hill), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
53.3km (33.1 miles) ⓘLisu-konzan, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
53.3km (33.1 miles) ⓘOhn-bin-ywe-htwet (Coconut Tree mine), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
54.0km (33.6 miles) ⓘShan-konzan, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
55.5km (34.5 miles) ⓘLe-taw, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
56.2km (34.9 miles) ⓘPanlin, Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from elbaite pegmatites at Molo near Momeik, northern Shan State, Myanmar Milan Novák, Jiří Sejkora...peridotite at Khetchel village, Molo quarter near Momeik Township, northeast of Mogok, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)...pink to red elbaite, beryl (aquamarine, morganite), petalite, phenakite, quartz, saccharoidal albite...microprobe, substitutions, elbaite pegmatite, Molo, Myanmar Introduction Bismuth-dominant minerals of the...pegmatites at Khetchel village, Molo quarter near Momeik Township, northeast of Mogok, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Report (chapter)
deposits of Myanmar KYAW THU1* & KHIN ZAW2 1 Macle Gem Trade Laboratory, Yangon, Myanmar 2 CODES ARC...briefly the origins of the major gem deposits in Myanmar. Myanmar is fortunate in containing world-class gem...Hsu ruby deposit in Shan State and imperial coloured jadeite jade from Kachin State (Fig. 23.1). For the...purposes of description the gemstone deposits in Myanmar are classified into: (1) primary hard-rock deposits...(Mogok), topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, quartz, etc. in pegmatite (Mogok, Mong Hsu and Momeik) and kyanite
Journal (issue)
Washington (for quartz and pyrite) and the Rock Candy mine in British Columbia (for fluorite and barite). Income...copper and iron prospects in the Red Beds of the state. His collecting skills improved greatly after meeting...school, this time as a geology major, first at Adams State College in Colorado and then later in a Master’s...locations, including the Little Gem amethyst scepter mine in Montana, the Fluorita Dulcita prospect in Arizona...Lode, the California Mother Lode and the Homestake mine. Every known type of miner’s candlestick is illustrated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Y3Ăž2Mn2Ăž4Fe2Ăž[Si2B8O24], a new mineral from Momeik, Myanmar ROSA MICAELA DANISI1,*, THOMAS ARMBRUSTER1...region of Momeik, north of Mogok, Myanmar, occurs as yellow needles enclosed in phenakite crystals. The...borosilicate; Momeik; Myanmar. Introduction The region of Momeik, north-central Myanmar, is located in...MMB extends over 1500 km stretching N-S through Myanmar. It is approximately 50 km wide and consists of...inclusions in one of about a dozen cm-size idiomorphic phenakite crystals, which he purchased in the Mogok gem
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Phenakite Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...rarer topaz, garnet, and phenakite specimens. Perhaps America’s best-known phenakite occurrence, and certainly...certainly one of its premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted...in the recent book American Mineral Treasures. Phenakite from this exceptional locality has been chosen...mineral in this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Phenakite varies from colorless through yellow, pink, and
Corporate Document
Maung Win) Introduction R gard d a th pride of Myanmar due to its wealth of the world's finest gemstones...ancient times and used to be located in Shan State prior to Myanmar gaining independence from British colonial... tourmaline, zircon, aquamarine, topaz. Rare stones such as painite, phenakite, petelite, poudretteite...ogical Map of Mogok Area. (After Ggeological Myanmar, Myanmar Geosciences Society, 2014) Map of I PS...are cut across by Sagaing Fault in the west and Momeik Fault in the north (Fig. 3). The radiometric dating
Book (volume)
the opening of our gallery in the Chelsea Art District of NYC. Presenting fine minerals among the world’s...Chalcopyrite) Cata Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 10 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,..., Morocco, 48-49 Apatite (with Bikitaite) Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina,...Pein-Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay Div., Myanmar, 22 Aphthitalite PCA Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22...Pakistan, 7 Azurite (& Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite)
Catalog/List
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Session...5:00 PM ET LOT VIEWING Heritage Auctions Design District Annex 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Thursday...MINERALS COLLECTION, AUCTION 1 The Session One MYANMAR (BURMA) For many years, Burma, as it was then...ground. Of the country’s localities for Tourmaline, Momeik stands out for producing the instantly recognizable...reasonably stable. The list of other minerals found in Myanmar is too extensive to recite here, and the list of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar in the core or core margin of a pegmatite Aquamarine (green-blue to blue beryl variety) and tourmaline...red-violet elbaite tourmaline (Brazil, 16.87 ct), blue aquamarine beryl (Brazil, 17.96 ct), orange spessartine...known as pockets) The gem varieties of beryl (aquamarine, heliodor, morganite), spessartine, spodumene...14 cm tall), tourmaline (Brazil, 25 g), beryl (aquamarine, Vietnam, 37 g), topaz (China, 375 g), and quartz... The Jonas pegmatite, in the Conselheiro Pena district of Brazil, contained a single 2 × 2.5 × 3 m cavity
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
panel consisted of Dr. Steven Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Harvard Univeristy; Dr... Great Britain; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological...quarry is located approximately 1 mile east of State Highway 107 in the southwest portion of the Proterozoic...ASSOCIATED MINERALS FROM PEGMATITES NEAR MOMEIK, MOGOK STONE TRACT, MYANMAR (BURMA). A. U. Falster1, A. Peretti2...produced from Myanmar since the 1800s. Pegmatites in the vicinity of Momeik, north of Mogok, Myanmar, are the
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ic0000burm • B URMA GAZETTEER RUBY MINES DISTRICT VOLUME A (Reprint) COM PILED BY E. C. S. GEORGE...Nyaunglebin, Pegu District. 10. U Lu GALE, GOVERNMENT LAW BooK AGENT, 34th Road, Nyaungzindan Quarter, Mandalay...OF COMMUNICATION Waterways-Roads-Rest-houses-District Fund rest-houses -Forest bungalows-The Shweli-Transport...since the annexation-General administration of the district-Head1nen's remunerationJudicial administration...Myothugyiship-Before and after the annexation-Revenue of district under British administration-Town land rents-Opiun1
Journal (issue)
Reveals Largest Violet Diamond Recovered from Argyle Mine Gemology 32 18 21 26 Harvard Mineral Heritage...provenance of colored gemstones all the way to the mine that produce the stone. The vertically integrated...possible tied to transparency and provenance. from mine to market is being developed strongly. As a result...branding strategies are increasingly being related to mine sites, local towns or geographical areas. There...colored gemstone industry in traceability of gems from mine to market. ICA President Benjamin Hackman and thenAGTA
Journal (issue)
1994 Cover Picture Ruby crystals from Mong Hsu, Myanmar (Burma): the terminated crystal (9mm high) is not...an oxidizing atmosphere for seven hours (see 'Myanmar and its gems - an update' p.3) Upper photo by Shane...Fax: 071 404 8843 J. Gemm., 1994, 24, 1 3 Myanmar* and its gems - an update Robert C. Kammerling1...Canada Fig. 1. The Kingdoms of Pagan in central Myanmar go back almost to the beginning of the Christian...gained on other important producing areas within Myanmar during several visits to the country by the majority
Journal (issue)
.................................... 17 DAOPING MINE Guanghua Liu and Berthold Ottens .................crystal, 2.1 cm, from the Dadongla (Yunchangping) mine near Tongren, Guizhou Province, China. Marcus Budil...Xikuangshan, the site of the world’s largest stibnite mine. Berthold Ottens is a German dealer and author of...collectors. Unlike in Russia, with its massive state-owned mining operations, mining in China is still...today, near the ancient mine workings, there is a large open-pit copper mine which provides small calcite
Report (issue)
Stoppaniite Fabio Tamagnini Page 40 Emerald and Aquamarine in Canada Lee A. Groat Page 22 Beryl Color Varieties...References Page 112 Author's Addresses Right: Aquamarine Rough from Marijao, Madagascar is sorted in a...lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient gemstone, aquamarine is well suited to modern design. The Bernd Munsteiner...are widely used (see page 22). These include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and...emerald and aquamarine are surrounded by the ancient mysticism of birthstones. Emerald, aquamarine and beryl
Journal (issue)
Ruby and Sapphire Production and Distribution: A Quarter Century of Change Russell Shor and Robert Weldon...type IIb synthetic diamond • Colorless cat’s-eye phenakite • Blue sapphires diffusion treated with titanium...the Kagem mine, Zambia • Yellow grossular from Tanzania • An unusual blister pearl • Myanmar report •...• Phenakite from Nigeria • Update on rubies and Cu-bearing tourmaline from Mozambique • Sodalite from... RUBY AND SAPPHIRE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION: A QUARTER CENTURY OF CHANGE Russell Shor and Robert Weldon
Journal (issue)
Nhung Although not as well known as the Luc Yen district, this area is an important source of ruby and...from Afghanistan • Ammonite from Madagascar • Aquamarine from Vietnam • Chalcedony from Peru • Afghan...Color-change garnet from Tanzania • Colorless gems from Myanmar • Nuummite from Mauritania • Blue opal from Mexico...Arizona). The 4.3-cm-tall peridot crystal from Myanmar is courtesy of William Larson (Palagems.com, Fallbrook...years, Vietnam’s Yen Bai Province, and the Luc Yen District in particular, have been widely known for producing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
topaz, amazonite, phenakite Pikes Peak Granite NYF Miarolitic topaz, amazonite, phenakite References Muntyan...Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl, phenakite, bertrandite Jacobson (1993); Switzer (1939a...in the Idaho batholith NYF Miarolitic beryl, phenakite, bertrandite Menzies and Boggs (1993); Van Laer...Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek, Jefferson County, CO, USA Pikes
Journal (issue)
the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...N‘Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia....Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, N’Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special
Report (issue)
America Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max and Jon Sigerman...Occurrence MIKE MENZIES 22. Topaz from Utah's Maynard Mine RYAN BOWLING 26. Volodarsk-Volynski PETER LYCKBERG...DUDLEY BLAUWET 58. Zimbabwe Blue Topaz: St. Anne's Mine JAN KANIS 60. Brazil: The Land of Topaz DIETMAR...Top left: Topaz and bixbyite, 1.8 cm tall; Maynard Mine, Thomas Range, Utah; Utah Mineral and Fossil specimen...Kleine Spitzkoppe, Namibia; Mokrusha­ Mursinka District, Ural Mountains, Russia; Paprok, Laghman Province
Journal (issue)
Africa|Green prase opal from Tanzania|Trapiche ruby from Myanmar|Sapphires from Kenya|Shattuckite and bisbeeite...tourmaline from Mozambique|Tourmaline slices from Myanmar|Wurtzite from Tanzania|Star zircon| Amber processing...consumers who shop in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is available for free download from the National...5741/gems.21.4.205. Green Prase Opal from the Kondoa District, Tanzania A historically important deposit of...started in early 2014 near Kwa Mtoro village in the Kondoa District; this is also in the Dodoma region
Journal (issue)
if the copper was in the +1 state it would be “cuproan,” and in the +2 state the adjective would be “cuprian...would be incorrect, indicating instead a +3 valence state. The “-oan” suffix applies to the lowest of the...often erroneously represent the valence state or oxidation state of the element in question—not surprising...can be further modified with valence or oxidation state if necessary, such as “Fe2+rich.” Specifically to...deserved some extra help. Bill graduated from Kansas State University in 1953, with a degree in Geology. He
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. The entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo...& MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states, with an area of just...igneous and metamorphic rocks that underlie the state, even though these rocks are partially blanketed...fluorapatite (blue-green), and orthoclase (road cut, village bypass), epidote, garnet, muscovite. Gilford area:... 3 miles NW of junction of U.S. Highway 15 and State Highway 153 in Conway, miarolitic cavities in decayed
Book
unique a history of antiquity, pink blue aquamarine. compelling people second in the and synonyms...Beryl, 276 208 Color Filters for Emerald, Aquamarine, Yellow Maxixe-Type Beryls, for 10. 217 ...by as use clear gem containing pebbles of aquamarine, it Asia, And if, the first produce men...it of the element of beautiful colored gems aquamarine, beryls history, principal the source emerald...Chinese or Japanese cultural Chinese have used aquamarine and other pale beryls past century, the mentioned
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...Cowgill, 1977). LATINAMERICA BRAZIL Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paulo. Among the crystallized minerals in the
 
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