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Sinhalite

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Sinhalite

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Description
Locality: 
Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

pale yellow to colorless, prismatic, doubly terminated crystals of 5 mm in highest gem quality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sinhalite

Formula: 
MgAl(BO4)
Strunz: 
6.AC.05
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Sri Lanka