Painite

Formula: CaZrBAl₉O₁₈
Mineral Class: Borates
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Mohs Scale: 8
Density (g/cm³): 4.0 - 4.03
Refractive index: 1.787 - 1.816 ?
Cleavage: -
Colors: Brown, red-brown, orange, red, violet
Luster: vitreous
Fluorescence: -
Pleochroism: yellow-brown - red and brown-violet
Largest Painite: 633 g (3,165 ct). Source: http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/
Deposits: Kyauk-Pyat-Thet and Ohngaing / Mogok / Sagaing District / Mandalay / Myanmar
Discovery: 1956
1st Description: 1957
Name: in honor of the British gemologist Arthur Charles Davy Pain

Painite

Size: 0.87 x 0.61 x 0.51 cm
Weight: 3.23 ct
Origin: Thu Rein Taung Mine / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite

Weight: 1.36 ct

Origin: Thu Rein Taung Mine / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite

Weight: 0.06 ct

Origin: Ohngaing / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite Mineral

Size: 0.51 x 0.15 x 0.11 cm
Weight: 0.12 ct
Origin: Thu Rein Taung Mine / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite

Weight: 0.72 ct

Origin: Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite Mineral

Size: 0.45 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm

Origin: Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite Mineral

Length of the crystal: 0.39 cm

Origin: Wetloo Mine / Kyauk Pyat Thet / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite

Weight: 1.12 ct

Origin: Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite Mineral

Size: 0.35 x 0.3 x 0.28 cm
Weight: 0.41 ct
Origin: Hinthar Hill / Wetloo Mine / Kyauk Pyat Thet / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite

Weight: 0.18 ct

Origin: Thu Rein Taung Mine / Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite Mineral

Weight: 0.52 ct

Origin: Nam Ya (Namya) / Shan State / Myanmar

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Painite

Size: 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Weight: 0.26 ct
Origin: Hinthar Hill / Wetloo / Kyauk Pyat Thet / Mogok Area / Myanmar

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Painite Mineral

Size: 1.4 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm

Origin: Mogok / Myanmar

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Painite

Weight: 0.47 ct

Origin: Mogok / Myanmar

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