Mineral: Painite with Corundum
Locality: Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
Dimensions: 9,5 x 5,0 x 8,5 cm
Description: Main crystal size: 5,0 cm
Block of shiny brown needles on limonite with some translucent points; a small ruby of 1cm
MIM number 691
Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu)
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