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INVESTIGATIONS

Stone

RI min

RI max

Biref min

Biref max

Dens min

Dens max

Colour

Location

Info

ne min

ne max

no min

no max

Spectrum

UVS

UVL

Reference

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.028

0.028

4.01

4.01

dark red

Myanmar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Journal of Gemmology 1974 N°3, p109-110

 

TABLES

Stone

RI min

RI max

Biref min

Biref max

Dens min

Dens max

ne min

ne max

no min

no max

Reference

Painite

1.786

1.817

0.027

0.03

4

4.09

 

 

 

 

Gemmo.eu 2017

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4.01

4.01

 

 

 

 

Bestimmungstabellen für Edelsteine, Birgit Günther, 1981 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.028

4

4.01

1.787

1.788

1.815

1.816

Gemme, Dati per l'identificazione, P. De Stefano et al, 1993 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4.01

4.01

1.787

1.787

1.816

1.816

Gemmological Tables, Ulrich Henn, 2004 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4

4

 

 

 

 

http://www.gemmology.be 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4.01

4.01

 

 

 

 

Tabellen zur Edelstein-Bestimmung, Pschichholz FGA, 1975 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4

4

1.787

1.787

1.816

1.816

Joel Arem, Color Encyclopedia of Gemstones, 1987 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4.01

4.01

 

 

 

 

John Sinkakas, Gemstone and mineral data book,1972 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.027

0.028

4

4

1.787

1.789

1.815

1.816

http://www.geminterest.com 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4.01

4.01

 

 

 

 

Gems, R Webster, 5th edition 1994 

Painite

1.787

1.816

0.029

0.029

4

4.03

 

 

 

 

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

Painite

1.787

1.816

 

 

4.01

4.03

 

 

 

 

Michael O'Donoghue, Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification (2006),  873pp 

 

CAUSE OF COLOUR

Stone

Colour

Cause of colour

Reference

painite

orange-red

minor amounts of chromium and vanadium and traces of iron

http://minerals.caltech.edu

 

MINERAL INCLUSIONS

Inclusion

Stone

Reference

phlogopite

Painite

The Journal of Gemmology, 1983, Vol18,N°6, p500-503

 

LOCALITIES

 

CHEMICAL DATA (%)