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Painite

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Description
Locality: 
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay, Myanmar (former Burma)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Nice painite crystal with minor ruby from Burma.

Crystal presents high glass luster and violet-red colour.

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)