Mineral: | Corundum, Variety Ruby / Painite
| Chemical Formula: | Al2O3 / CaZrBAl9O18 | Size: | | Weight: | | Transparence: | translucent - transparent | Quantity: | | Origin: | near the base of Hinthar Hill, Wetloo quarter, Kyauk Pyat That, west of Mogok, Burma (Myanmar) | Euhedral ruby crystals with gemmy appearance and fine luster imbedded in a painite muscovite matrix. . Despite the fact that the painite became eaten up by the corundum still disclosing small fine prismatic crystals with fine luster, you get a good reference specimen for this paragenesis.
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