Painite
at-auction$ 50
- Locality
- Mogok, Myanmar
- Minerals
- Painite
- Dimensions
- 1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- LP134
Five crystals of rare Painite from the legendary Mogok gem tract (my last ones!). Painite is a rare gem species that wasn't discovered until the 1950s. For a while, only and handfull of crystals were known and owning a Painite specimen was nearly impossible. Only more recent discoveries in Mogok have made Painite more readily available to collectors. Painite crystals are always small, have a hardness of 8, and contain both zirconium and boron, which are rarely found together in minerals.