Tha-gyi-loo, Thurein-taung, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

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The skarn deposit (between marble and leucogranite) is situated in the SW side, near the summit of Thurein-taung. Painite is found here, often with ruby. Associated minerals are dark red sphene, dark blue anatase, dark-red rutile, dark-brownish-orange baddeleyite, axinite, black srilankite, green elbaite, schorl, dravite, yellowish-red zircon and other.

Ref: Ted Themelis (2008) Gems and Mines of Mogok, p. 261

Gemstone List

Anatase Baddeleyite Corundum var: Ruby

Corundum var: Sapphire Painite Rutile

Titanite Tourmaline var: Dravite var: Elbaite

Tourmaline var: Schorl Zircon