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Painite With Ruby

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Painite With Ruby

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Description
Locality: 
Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

big cristals of painite on matrix with ruby,brown cristal is not terminated but this specimen is very good for this rare mineral from type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Painite

Formula: 
CaZrAl9(BO3)O15
Strunz: 
6.AB.85
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
8.0
Type Locality: 
Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai), Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)

Ruby

Variety Of: 

Corundum

Formula: 
Al2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Hardness: 
9.0
Formula: 
Al2O3
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
9.0
Colour: 
Red

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