[Rockhounds] Kyawthuite

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

One natural specimen, but MinDat says it is a well known synthetic.
https://www.mindat.org/min-46909.html

Reminds me of when Painite was the rarest mineral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painite
http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/files/visible/painite/index.html
https://www.mindat.org/min-3063.html

On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 10:29 AM Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:

> Meet the world’s rarest mineral. It was found only once
> A single gemstone from Myanmar holds the title of Earth's
> rarest mineral, kyawthuite. by Tibi Puiu, ZME Science, Nov. 28, 2024
> https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/world-rarest-mineral/
>
> Some papers are:
>
>  Kampf, A.R., Rossman, G.R., Ma, C. and Williams, P.A., 2017. Kyawthuite,
> Bi3+ Sb5+ O4, a new gem mineral from Mogok, Burma (Myanmar). Mineralogical
> Magazine, 81(3), pp.477-484.
> https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/9669t-pbb15/files/477.full.pdf
>
> Thu, K., & Zaw, K. (2017).  Ch. 23. Gem deposits of Myanmar.
> In  A. J. Barber,  K. Zaw, & M. J. Crow (Eds.),  Myanmar: Geology,
> Resources and Tectonics,  Memoir, (Vol.  48, pp.  497–529). London:
> Geological Society of London.
> https://www.academia.edu/115375912/Chapter_23_Gem_deposits_of_Myanmar
> https://independent.academia.edu/KyawThu29
>
>  Yours,
>
>  Paul H.
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