Author(s): Sai Kaung Zaw Thant; Myat Mon Aung; Takeshi Fujino; Myin Zu Minn
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Abstract: MOGOK and other villages nearby have been famous since ancient times for its gemstones, especially ruby and sapphire, but semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli, garnet, moonstone, peridot and chrysoberyl are also found. The gems are found in alluvial marble gravels by means of panning, tunneling and digging pits by hand. There is little mechanization of the mining. The gravels derive from the metamorphosed limestones (marbles) of the MOGOK metamorphic belt.
Year: 2018