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Jadeite from
Lonkin, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar


Classification
Species:Jadeite
Formula:Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jadeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lonkin, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:158444
Long-form Identifier:1:3:158444:8
GUID (UUID V4):14634810-3979-420e-af1d-ef9190f4b265
Nearest other occurrences of Jadeite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ā“˜Phakant Mine, Hpakant (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar
7.9km (4.9 miles) ā“˜Hpakant (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar
57.2km (35.5 miles) ā“˜Nansibon (Namsibum; Manhsibon; Manshibon; Namsipon), Nansibon mining district, Hkamti Township (Khamti Township), Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
metamorphic rocks from the Jade Mines Belt, Tawmaw area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar THET TIN NYUNT1*, HANS-JOACHIM... University of Yangon, 11041 Kamayut, Yangon, Myanmar 2 Institut fĆ¼r Mineralogie und Kristallchemie...largest jade deposit, containing the highest-quality jade, is exposed in the Pharkant-Tawmaw (also spelled...spelled Hparkant or Hpakan and Tawhmaw) Jade Mines Belt, northern Myanmar. This belt is located between...longitudes 96Ā° 12ā€² and 96Ā° 25ā€² E in the Myitkyina district (Fig. 13.1). The belt extends in a northā€“south
Report (chapter)
deposits of Myanmar KYAW THU1* & KHIN ZAW2 1 Macle Gem Trade Laboratory, Yangon, Myanmar 2 CODES ARC...brieļ¬‚y the origins of the major gem deposits in Myanmar. Myanmar is fortunate in containing world-class gem...the Mogok Stone Tract in Mandalay Division, the Mong Hsu ruby deposit in Shan State and imperial coloured...coloured jadeite jade from Kachin State (Fig. 23.1). For the purposes of description the gemstone deposits...deposits in Myanmar are classiļ¬ed into: (1) primary hard-rock deposits in which the gemstones are hosted in
Report (chapter)
Chapter 6 The maļ¬cā€“ultramaļ¬c (ophiolitic) rocks of Myanmar HLA HTAY1*, KHIN ZAW2 & THAN THAN OO1 1 Geology...Geology Department, Dagon University, Yangon, Myanmar 2 CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits,...and ultramaļ¬c rocks are widely distributed in Myanmar and form major tectonic belts and suture zones...chromiteā€“ nickelā€“manganese, copper (gold) and jadeite mineralization. In this chapter, the nature, distribution...characteristics of the maļ¬c and ultramaļ¬c rocks in Myanmar are reviewed and described, and their tectonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tigr20 Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic...this article: G. E. Harlow & S. S. Sorensen (2005) Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic...V. H. Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved. Jade (Nephrite and Jadeitite) and Serpentinite: Metasomatic...NHB-119, Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7012 Abstract The lapidary term ā€œjadeā€ refers to two very...and convergent-margin petrotectonics. Amphibole jade is nephrite, a tremolite-actinolite rock with a
Journal (issue)
an excursion to the jadeite area along the U r u valley in the Myitkyina district of northern Burma. I...from the words "kyauk maw-sit-sit" 329 FIG. 1. Jade lapidary squatting behind his low bench is polishing... 2. Straw thatched "long house" of a Christian Kachin family is marked with a white cross. FIG. 3. A...miners' village of Hpakant on the Uru river. FIG. 4. Before a jade mine is opened the jade Nats are propitiated...a d e from Maw-sit-sit and that this particular jade quality was usually called Maw-sit-sit j a d e
Book (volume)
ems Vofum.e4 o ', o Identify valua e & Select Jade & AbalonĀ·e Pearls ! 1 Natural abalone pearls...Dixon. Half-title page on the right: Burrrese jadeite jade. Jewel,y & photo courtesy Mason-Kay. Left:...Moon" pendants rrade of Siberian jade with gold and black California jade with silver. Carving,jewel,y &... Wyoming jade. "BirdWoman "sculpture and photo by Deborah Wilson. Big Sur, California blue jade. Carving...Glasby. Opposite page: Northern California celadon jade hurnning bird with red abalone shell wings , a pyrope
Book
High-Pressure Regional Metamorphism: The Jadeite Deposits of Tawmaw, Burma 101 83 viii Contents PART...admittedly controversial chapter, since many textbooks state that Mogok is of "contact" metamorphic origin. No...rare, but are discussed in the context of the jadeite deposits of northern Burma. Our descent into the...tremendous help in obtaining information on the Burmese jadeite deposits. Dr. Henry Meyer of Purdue University...rubies, sapphires, topazes, spinels, tourmalines, jade, aquamarines, and chrysoberyls, although not nearly
Book
High-Pressure Regional Metamorphism: The Jadeite Deposits of Tawmaw, Burma 101 83 viii Contents PART...admittedly controversial chapter, since many textbooks state that Mogok is of "contact" metamorphic origin. No...rare, but are discussed in the context of the jadeite deposits of northern Burma. Our descent into the...tremendous help in obtaining information on the Burmese jadeite deposits. Dr. Henry Meyer of Purdue University...rubies, sapphires, topazes, spinels, tourmalines, jade, aquamarines, and chrysoberyls, although not nearly
Journal (issue)
OHIO ISLAND HOPPING 20 BURMESE JADE The Story of Myanmarā€™s Jadeite By Steve Voynick Exploring the Depths...www. ha.com; Natural Bridge in Virginia, Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Getty Images...preserve and protect a natural structure in which state? STEVE VOYNICK Regular Contributors EDITORIAL...silicate, but they rarely occur in pure form. This state is because magnesium and iron are present in varying...from the Manshera, Naran-Kagan Valley, Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province)
Journal (issue)
62 ct ametrine, (2) 7.71 ct green jadeite, (3) 7.81 ct violet jadeite, (4) 27.23 ct aquamarine, (5) 1.28...stoneā€“producing regions included: Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), Africa (Tanzania, Kenya...consumers. These included ruby from Mong Hsu, Myanmar (Burma); blue and pink sapphires from Madagascar;...chrysoberyls, ruby and sapphire, diamond, garnet, jade [both jadeite and nephrite], opal, peridot, quartz, spinel...other three rings are set with star rubies from Myanmar (7.90, 6.02, and about 15 ct, from bottom right
Journal (issue)
here the first of two accounts of the jades of Myanmar by two authors on the spot in Yangon deals with...red spinels have been produced from four areas: Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, the Thai/Cambodian border (ruby...mines is on the right bank of the Oxus, in the district of Ish Kashrn and on the borders of SHIGNAN, the...Ruby, a historic red spinel set in the Imperial State Crown and Punjab'. The British annexed the Punjab...mines are within twenty miles of Ishkashm, in a district called Gharan, which word signifies caves or mines
Journal (issue)
Institute - New: Mobile UV-Vis spectrometer - Jadeite Jade - SSEF research with LA-ICP-MS - Beryllium in... Gemmology Jadeite Jade as seen by a European gemmologist From the mineral to the rock in jadeite, depending...minor element or a main constituent. Let contrast, jadeite NaAlSi2O6 commonly appears as me explain this in...material. The mono-mineral agthat a nicely green jadeite owes its green to trace of gregate can also bear...black. Togethchromite are encountered in green jadeite. We can er with this increase of Cr, certain ā€œconstantsā€
Journal (issue)
144 Some Characteristics of Taaffeite from Myanmar By Thanong Leelawatanasuk, Wilawan Atichat, Tay...number for the image(s) in question, and please state how and where the image would be used. James H...their simulants) from East Singhbhum District, southern Jharkhand State, India; composites consisting of...Avant Mining LLC is the largest landholder in the district, and owns five mines on approximately 150 acres...and Pagano R., 2001. The Val Graveglia manganese district, Liguria, Italy. Mineralogical Record, 32(5),
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reflects depressurization f heating to below the jadeite fluid = analcime reaction at high aNa.With progressive...albite-mica rocks. + Key words: albitite; Guatemala; jadeite; jadeitite; metasomatism; Motagua Fault Zone; Abbreviations:...principally of jadeite, is rare, described from only a handful of localities: the Moguong and Lonkin area of...of northern Myanmar (formerly Burma: Lacroix, 1930; Chhibber, 1934); Kotaki District and nearby areas,...(1) they consist of the presumed high-P mineral jadeite, and therefore have an unusual bulk composition
Report (volume)
L. Coulson) . Pyromorphite in the Bhagalpur district, Bihar. (A.L. Coulson) 290ā€”291 291 . 291 ii...States National Museum, Washington. U. S. A. 6. Jadeite and associated rocks to Prof. A. Lacroix, Museum...of India:ā€” 1. Stone meteorite from Lua, Udaipur State, Rajputanaā€”Mewar Durbar, Udaipur (by exchange).... 2. Stone meteorite from Naoki, Parbhani district, H. E. H. the Nizamā€™s Dominionsā€”Mr. G. H. H. Mills...Hazaribagh district^ Messrs. F. F. Chrestien and Co. 4. Ldllingite; Kodarma, Hazaribagh districtā€”Mr, F. G
Report (volume)
(H. M. Lahiri) dome neai Msii in the Attock District. 279ā€”280 PART The Mineral Production O.B.E....Coulson) Note on Sapphirinc in the Vizagapatum District. On a Titanifeious Augite from Chaudruwati, (A... Coulson) 444ā€”446 ā€¢ (H. Crooksbank) Sirohi State, ā€¢ 446-448 Rajpulana. 448 ā€”460 LIST PLATE...of casts of a from the Middle Siwaliks Attock District. (14,789 species near L. jammuensis collected...Geological structure of centra] portion of Nerbudda District.ā€” Tertiary and alluvial deposits of central portion
Journal (issue)
pastel pearl necklace ā€¢ Dyed quartzite imitation of jadeite 64 Gem News International ā€¢ White House conference...Brazil ā€¢ Educational iolite ā€¢ ā€œHte Long Seinā€ jadeite ā€¢ Kunzite from Nigeria ā€¢ ā€œRainbowā€ obsidian ā€¢ New...cathodoluminescence in gems, particularly diamonds and jade. Vera M. F. Hammer has been the curatorial assistant...Santa Barbara and an M.Sc. in geology from Oregon State University. Prior to joining GIA, Mr. Laurs gained...provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and in the U.S. state of Montana, where the type locality was first described
Report (volume)
Shan Antimony. Punjab ā€” Uses ; ; Amlierst district ; Northern Shan States and ot Slates ; her... Hassan district; Coal, ā€”^lulioduction . Singhbhum . . .... .... iShimoga district Mysore: district...district. . ; Mysore Production and prices. Comparison with South Africa, Australia and Canada, and...Iron and Steel Company ā€”Iron ores of Mayurbhanj State Gurumaishini, Sulaipet, Badampahar. Noamundi Messrs...1924-28 iii ?AOE. ā€”Exports. Prices. Value of jade. Composition. Mode of occurrence. .140 History of
Report (volume)
Notes on the Maganose-ore Deposits of tho Gangpur State, Bengal, and on the Distribution of the Gondite...of Samarskite and other Minerals in tho Xollore District, Madras Presidency. By G. H. Tipper, M.A., F...PAGES. The Pegu-Eocene Succession in the Minbu District, near Ngapo. By G. de P. Cotter, B.A. (Dub.)...(With Plates 17 to 21) The Geology of the Honzada District, Burma. By Murray Stuart, B.Sc., F.G.S., Professor...by pegmatite (B). Gowari Warhona, Chhindwara District. ā€ž 2.ā€”Pegmatite vein with an included pentagonal
Book (volume)
College London, London, UK Burns, S F Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA Coxon, P Trinity...Cambridge, UK Loock, J C University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa McGhee, G R Rutgers... Madrid, Spain Nikishin, A M Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Pye, K Nokleberg, W...University, Niigata, Japan Theodor, J M Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, USA Timmerman, M J UniversitƤt... UK Xiao, S Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA, USA Yakubchuk, A S The
 
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