Win-hta-yan (Fence), Marble Ark, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmari
Regional Level Types | |
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Win-hta-yan (Fence) | - not defined - |
Marble Ark | Mining Area |
Mogok Township | Township |
Pyin-Oo-Lwin District | District |
Mandalay Region | Region |
Myanmar | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 55' 37'' North , 96° 25' 59'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Mogok | 90,843 (2016) | 7.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
243723
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:243723:4
GUID (UUID V4):
ab991241-4593-47c2-8de1-e9fc620fa589
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Burma
The mining area is situated just to the SW of the Pyaung-pyin village. The area is a large sinkhole where many gems had accumulated on the valley floor, derived from surrounding hillsides. The area is also characterized by numerous marble exposures and small scale karst topography.
For many years these mines produced fine quality and large-size rubies and blue sappires, often asteriated. Fully transparent, colorless to near-colorless, violet/purple, yellowish, yellow sapphires and spinels of various colors are frequently recovered. Color-change and color-shift sapphires are also found here. Their color is described as reddish-bluish top purplish, shifting from lighter to darker blue when viewed under different lighting conditions. - Ted Themelis (2008) Gems and Mines of Mogok
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Corundum Formula: Al2O3 |
ⓘ Corundum var. Ruby Formula: Al2O3 |
ⓘ Corundum var. Sapphire Formula: Al2O3 Colour: Blue, fancy and color-change |
ⓘ Corundum var. Star Ruby Formula: Al2O3 |
ⓘ Corundum var. Star Sapphire Formula: Al2O3 |
ⓘ 'Moonstone' |
ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
ⓘ | Corundum | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
ⓘ | var. Ruby | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
ⓘ | var. Sapphire | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
ⓘ | var. Star Sapphire | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
ⓘ | var. Star Ruby | 4.CB.05 | Al2O3 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Moonstone' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Corundum | Al2O3 |
O | ⓘ Corundum var. Ruby | Al2O3 |
O | ⓘ Corundum var. Sapphire | Al2O3 |
O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
O | ⓘ Corundum var. Star Sapphire | Al2O3 |
O | ⓘ Corundum var. Star Ruby | Al2O3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Corundum | Al2O3 |
Al | ⓘ Corundum var. Ruby | Al2O3 |
Al | ⓘ Corundum var. Sapphire | Al2O3 |
Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | ⓘ Corundum var. Star Sapphire | Al2O3 |
Al | ⓘ Corundum var. Star Ruby | Al2O3 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
AsiaContinent
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Myanmar
- Mandalay Region
- Pyin-Oo-Lwin District
- Mogok Township
- Marble ArkMining Area
- Mogok Township
- Pyin-Oo-Lwin District
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