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


Locality type:Mining Area
Classification
Species:Corundum var: Ruby
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Painiteⓘ8 photos of Ruby associated with Painite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ruby 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:20436
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20436:9
GUID (UUID V4):f10dfe1a-ca5b-48c1-897e-ffa6b5e57dec
Localities for Ruby in this Region
Mine No. 666, Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Nearest other occurrences of Ruby
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘLin-yaung-chi (Bright Light Rays), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘMine No. 666, Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘShwe-daing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘYe-bauk-thar-yar (Ye-bauk-thayar), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘShwe-pyi-aye, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘShon-ban-gyi, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘNga-yant-inn (old Pan-sho; Padan-sho), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘYebu (Hot Water), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘMogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
2.3km (1.5 miles) ⓘYebu-thapanbin-kyar (Thabapin), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Luminescence Characteristics of Taaffeites from Mogok, Myanmar Bihan Lin 1 , Xingtong Li 1 , Longbo Zhang...Luminescence Characteristics of Taaffeites from Mogok, Myanmar. Minerals 2023, 13, 346. https:// doi.org/10...China, and Mogok, Myanmar. In this study, thirty-two taaffeite samples from Mogok, Myanmar, were investigated...showed that peaks at 686 nm and 690 nm (in the red region) were strong. For the samples with green and blue-white...464 nm (in the blue region) were strong, peaks at 507–515 nm (in the green region) were relatively weak
Journal (issue)
MOGOK! L L The Mineralogical Record JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2022 ‱ VOLUME 53 ‱ NUMBER 1 ‱ $25 KRISTALLE...Articles History, Mines and Minerals of the Mogok Stone Tract, Mandalay Division, Burma .......................165 COVER: RUBY CORUNDUM in marble matrix, 13 cm (685 grams), nicknamed “The King of Mogok” and more recently...recently the “King of Freedom,” from Mogok, Burma. Federico Barlocher collection and photo. Subscription... History, Mines and Minerals of The Mogok Stone Tract Mandalay Division, Burma Thomas P. Moore1 Mark
Report (issue)
Azurite, 4.2 cm, from near Kimbwe, Kinsevere district, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trinity...diggings are near the village of Kimbwe, Kinsevere district, in the Katanga province of the DRC. The ten miniature-size...Mike’s take on the locality runs as follows: This township has been a recent (past two years) producer of...6 cm (center spray is 4 cm tall), from the Kara Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Exceptional Minerals specimen...Ca-Zr-B-Al oxide, was discovered in Burma (now called Myanmar) in the early 1950s, and for many years thereafter
Journal (issue)
ONE JANUARY 1994 Cover Picture Ruby crystals from Mong Hsu, Myanmar (Burma): the terminated crystal...characteristic of natural (not heat treated) Mong Hsu ruby rough is prominently visible in this partly polished...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
Report (issue)
Uniaxial (–). ω = 1.8159 Δ = 1.7875 Pleochroism: Ruby-red || [00*1]; pale brownish orange or pale red-orange...8.464(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Near Ohngaing, Myanmar. 5.76 (vs), 2.520 (vs), 3.70 (s), 2.370 (s)...18.31 68.19 8.33 . 97.57 100.00 (1) Near Ohngaing, Myanmar; by electron microprobe, B determined present... Distribution: From near Ohngaing village, Sagaing, Mogok district, Myanmar (Burma). Name: For Arthur...and C.J. Payne (1957) Painite, a new mineral from Mogok, Burma. Mineral. Mag., 31, 420-425. (2) (1957) Amer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal. KEYWORDS: painite, new data, colour, Mogok, Burma. PAINITE is one of the rarest minerals, known...two crystals were from ruby gem gravels near Ohngaing village in the Mogok district of Burma. They were...in a parcel of rough gem spinel reportedly from Mogok, Burma. X-ray crystallography. Painite is hexagonal...(calc.) 5 'garnet t brownish red orange red 'ruby' red dark red pale brownish orange pale orange...limestones which occur in the Mogok area. The 1979 crystal contains three district types of inclusions. Numerous
Journal (issue)
North-West Branch: 1. Knight, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: J. I. Platts, F.G.A. Examiners: B. W....varies according to the colour of the synthetic ruby and the wavelength of the radiation. In short-wave...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Claringbull, Hey and Payne (1957) from the ruby minesof Mogok, Burma. It was found as a garnet-red 1.7...type crystal (B.M. 1954, 192) irom near Ohngaing village, Mogok, upper Burma, was kindly provided by Mr...r ( 1 9 5 7 )P a i n i t e , a new mineral from Mogok, Burma. Mineral. Mag.31,420-425. Cnonann, D. T
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
germanium." IDAHO—From the Eagle Mine, Mineral Hill District, Lemhi Co., Idaho, we have an attractive specimen...Springfield, Mass., a past president of the Conn. Valley Mineral Club, has collected the following minerals...streams some reaching far to the northwest in the region of the Rocky Mts. "During the past several months...quality, certainly, but very showy specimens for the district." NEBRASKA—Small barite xls occur in large numbers...in brilliant orange-or lemon-yellow xls at Lake Valley, Sierra Co., N . Mexico. N E W YORK—Harold J. Lienemann
Book (edition)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Diamond I Diamond II Ruby and Sapphire Beryl Chrysoberyl Spinel Topaz Tourmaline...extensive fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...with modern knowledge. In the cases of emerald and ruby and sapphire new sources of supply have necessitated...incorporation in this work of my articles on emerald, ruby and sapphire, and marble, as well as a number of...an inner solid region of diameter 2440 km and density about 8 gcm3, and an outer region about 2260 km
Journal (issue)
August 1952 did we know that this source must be the Mogok stone tract in Burma, for it was then that A. C...one slice and then another removed from the culet region, stipulating only that the remains of his historic...found in one of the small ruby mines near Ohngaing village in the Mogok district of Burma. M r A. C. D....showed a brownish-red for the ordinary ray and deep ruby red for the extraordinary. Permission was given...Payne (C. J.), 1957. Painite, a new mineral from Mogok, Burma. M i n . M a g . , 3 1 , 420-425. GĂŒbelin
Book (volume)
Origin and Recovery of Gemstones 2 Diamond 3 Ruby and Sapphire 4 Emerald, Aquamarine and Other Beryls... I ll Diamond: Crystal in Rock and Cut Stones Ruby: Crysta! and Cut Stones ‘ : e 2G : : : ...Sapphire: Crystal and Cut Stones. IV Corundum: Star Ruby, Star Sapphire and Fancy Coloured Sapphires . :...incorporation in this work of my articles on emerald, ruby and sapphire, and marble, as well as a number of...through transparency and depth of colour as in the ruby or the emerald; through colour alone as in the turquoise;
Book
describes the great gem species, such as diamond, ruby, emerald, and sapphire, as well as the nonminerals—pearl...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...God, had mystical power over the twelve angels: ruby for Malchediel, topaz Sapphire Taurus for Asmodel
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...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...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during
Journal (issue)
Museum Toronto, Ontario Steven R. Morehead Green Valley, AZ Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...what was previously known as the Saint-Michel district, and is now part of the Arrondissement de Vil...quarry should read Francon quarry, Saint-Michel district, MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec, Canada. In some publica- 1...Langesundfjords und des umgebenden LarvikitGebietes, Oslo-Region, Norwegen. Mineralien Welt, 7 (4), 21–100 (in German)...(1919). Road material surveys in the city and district of Montreal, Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada
Book (edition)
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
Book
universities, 14 by town or city councils, 13 by district councils or regional boards, and 16 form part...should be of specimens from localities within the region of that museum, or at least from the country concerned...Manganite Auguste-Victoria shaft, Marl-Huls, Ruhr district, FRG Oruro, Bolivia Monteponi, Sardinia, Italy..."Steinkaulenberg" model mine, in the Algenrodt district. The agate occurrences of Oberstein, first recorded...Firmaneiplatz, D-3550 Marbu 06421-282257 Northern district of city, near St Elizabeth's church Wed.-Fri.
Book
SHAPE program available from Eric Dowty, 521 Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors...grey in reflected light. Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, USSR. H= 2.3, Djjj=?, D(;=7.80...Al)802o(OH)4*4H20, 0 Syst=? Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. H=?, Dvv,=?, Dp=?, VHIE 08c. Veniale &...E Mon. Porcelanous white. Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA. H=4.5, Djj4= 2.88,...brown. Balangero serpentinite, Lanzo massif, Lanzo Valley, Piemonte, Italy. H=?, Djjj= 2.98, D(;= 3.098,
Book
(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¹(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20...University of Modena, Italy. Monte Chiaro, Taro Valley, Italy. Veniale, F. & van der Marel, H.W. (1969):...discovery locality, at the Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, Russia. Lipovetskil, A.G. et al...engineer known for his work in the Limoges Altisite district. Chanteloube, Haute-Vienne, France. Na3k6Ti2[AlSigO26]Cl;...plus Gk. hydor, water, plus calcite. Khakassy District, Siberia, Russia. Bilibin, G. (1926): Soc. Russe
 
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