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Star Sapphire from
Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar


Locality type:Mining Area
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Star Sapphire
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Star Sapphire data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:877253
Long-form Identifier:1:3:877253:4
GUID (UUID V4):808ec3a0-aff5-4947-9d28-5b430fa36cec
Nearest other occurrences of Star Sapphire
0.6km (0.4 miles) Lin-yaung-chi (Bright Light Rays), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
3.4km (2.1 miles) Gurkha-konzan, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
3.5km (2.1 miles) Shon-daw-myaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
3.6km (2.2 miles) Le-U-thet-kachan, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
3.6km (2.3 miles) Chaung-gyi-ah-le-ywa, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
4.6km (2.9 miles) Lisu-konzan, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
4.9km (3.1 miles) Mana-Lisu, Chaung-gyi, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
6.2km (3.9 miles) In-jauk (In-chauk), Bernardmyo, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
6.6km (4.1 miles) Win-hta-yan (Fence), Marble Ark, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
6.7km (4.1 miles) Dan-dagu-taung, Marble Ark, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...relation to the gemstone production in the area of Mogok and goes further in that it relates the information
Journal (issue)
North-West Branch: 1. Knight, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: J. I. Platts, F.G.A. Examiners: B. W....familiar lines in the red region at 694.2, 692.8, 668 and 659.2 nm, and in the blue region at 476.5,475 and 468...spectrophotometer, which also covers the ultraviolet region, the result is quite different: at the short-wave...factor is the shape of the transmission in the blue region between 465 and 478 nm. These characteristics of...their transmission maxima in the near ultraviolet region of the spectrum. The transmission ends at 210 nm
Book (edition)
10 11 12 13 14 Diamond I Diamond II Ruby and Sapphire Beryl Chrysoberyl Spinel Topaz Tourmaline The...extensive fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...knowledge. In the cases of emerald and ruby and sapphire new sources of supply have necessitated additional...this work of my articles on emerald, ruby and sapphire, and marble, as well as a number of illustrations...an inner solid region of diameter 2440 km and density about 8 gcm3, and an outer region about 2260 km
Book (volume)
Recovery of Gemstones 2 Diamond 3 Ruby and Sapphire 4 Emerald, Aquamarine and Other Beryls 5 Chrysoberyl...wy 462 Il Sapphire: Crystal and Cut Stones. IV Corundum: Star Ruby, Star Sapphire and Fancy Coloured...this work of my articles on emerald, ruby and sapphire, and marble, as well as a number of illustrations...within the stone give rise to the cat’s-eye and star-stone effects. However, much of the beauty of gemstones...usually understood to be diamond, ruby emerald, sapphire and pearl, with perhaps black opal and alexandrite
Book
gem species, such as diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire, as well as the nonminerals—pearl, ivory, coral...material known to the ancients ish they as sapphire. Egyptian tombs, such as those in penetrated...In the principal one, called the ‘tribunal of valley. Very likely the Badakshan mines, now God’ was...excellent coral was being harvested Mediterranean region. At any rate, by land or near Hyeres on the Mediterranean...necklace with turquoise beads comes from Lambayeque Valley on Peru’s northern coast, where it was crafted
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dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g.... canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...byssolite. Mono- coast of North America: Kobuk River Valley, Alaska, clinic, C2/m, a,b,c = 9.89, 18.20, 5.31
 
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