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INVESTIGATIONS

Stone

RI min

RI max

Dens min

Dens max

Colour

Location

Info

Spectrum

UVS

UVL

Reference

Maw-sit-sit

1.5

1.5

2.87

2.87

green

 

 

 

 

 

ACAM labo 

Maw-sit-sit

1.52

1.54

2.77

2.77

green

Maw-sit-sit, Myanmar

 

 

 

 

Gems & Gemology 1964 Winter, p227-238

 

TABLES

Stone

RI min

RI max

Dens min

Dens max

Reference

Maw-sit-sit

1.52

1.54

2.46

3.15

Tables of Gemstone Identification, Roger Dedeyn, Ivo Quintens, 2007 

 

CAUSE OF COLOUR

Stone

Colour

Cause of colour

Reference

Maw-sit-sit

green

Cr³+  in octahedral coordination

Gems & Gemology Summer 1988

 

MINERAL INCLUSIONS

 

LOCALITIES

STONE

LOCALITIES

REFERENCE

Maw-Sit-Sit

Maw-Sit

Kansi

Kachin

Myanmar

Gems & Gemology 2000 winter p325

 

CHEMICAL DATA (%)

Stone

Colour

Locality

Reference

SiO2

Al2O3

MgO

Na2O

Cr2O3

Fe2O3

H2O

Maw-sit-sit

green

 

Myanmar

Gems & Gemology 1964, Winter, p237

66

16.5

2.2

11.1

2.6

0.8

0.6