Ongaing

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Ongaing
Ongaing (Myanmar)
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 22 ° 55 '  N , 96 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 22 ° 55 '  N , 96 ° 29'  E
Basic data
Country Myanmar

region

Mandalay region
District Pyinoolwin
A painite from Ongaing
A painite from Ongaing

Ongaing (Ohngaing) is a place in Myanmar's Mandalay region . It is located in the Mogok Valley (Mogok Township, Pyinoolwin District ).

geology

The rare mineral painite was first discovered in Ongaing in the 1950s , of which only two other sites are known today. There is also the rare Kornerupine and numerous other minerals.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Mineralienatlas: Ohngaing , accessed on July 22, 2017.