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MD-266170
Painite
Ohngaing (Ohn Gaing; Ohn Kai), Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
Thumbnail, 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
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Painite is a very rare calcium, zirconium, aluminum borate unique to several localities in the Mogok area of Burma. This euhedral crystal is from the Type Locality. It is highly lustrous and striated, reddish-brown and is translucent on the edges. Very little of this very rare material has come out recently.