Although in situ analysis by LA‐ICP‐MS is considered a rapid technique with minimal
sample preparation and data reduction, mapping areas of millimetres in size using a small …

Gem corundum deposits are typically divided into blue sapphire and ruby deposits.
However, this classification often overlooks the fact that the precious stones produced are …

Abstract The Mogok Metamorphic Belt (MMB) in Myanmar is composed of low-and high-
metamorphic grade (upper amphibolite-granulite facies) metasediments and igneous …

Myanmar is occupied by the N-wards continuation of the Sunda arc and by the Shan Plateau
and its continuation through Yunnan into Tibet. Our new tectonic interpretation of the …

Ruby (red corundum) is one of the most prominent colored gemstones in the world. The
highest-quality ruby (“pigeon blood” ruby) comes from marbles of the Mogok Stone Tract in …

In this study, zircon inclusions in selected 115 unheated sapphires originating from
metamorphic deposits were studied by confocal micro‐Raman spectroscopy. By comparing …

The Mogok metamorphic belt (MMB) in central Myanmar is well known for its complex
tectonics, magmatism, and metamorphism in the framework of Tethyan subduction and India …

The Snezhnoe ruby deposit is located in the Muzkol–Rangkul anticlinorium within the
Cimmerian zone of the Central Pamir. On the local scale, the deposit occurs on discrete …

Fluid infiltration into (meta-) carbonate rocks is an important petrologic process that induces
metamorphic decarbonation and potential mineralization of metals or nonmetals. The …

Currently, most of the popular spinels in the jewellery market come from Myanmar and
Tajikistan. It is well known that provenance is one of the main factors affecting the value of a …