[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:3623":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":12,"weighting":13,"nolocadd":14,"blacklisted":14,"mindat_formula":15,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":15,"elements":16,"sigelements":23,"key_elements":24,"impurities":25,"cim":26,"ima_status":27,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":30,"discovery_year":31,"strunz10ed1":32,"strunz10ed2":33,"strunz10ed3":34,"strunz10ed4":35,"dana8ed1":36,"dana8ed2":37,"dana8ed3":38,"dana8ed4":39,"csystem":40,"cclass":41,"spacegroup":41,"spacegroupset":42,"a":43,"b":44,"c":45,"alpha":46,"beta":47,"gamma":48,"aerror":11,"berror":11,"cerror":11,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":41,"csmetamict":14,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":49,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":11,"tlform":11,"hmin":50,"hmax":51,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":42,"vhnmax":42,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":52,"dmeas2":53,"dcalc":54,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":11,"lustretype":55,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":11,"streak":56,"colour":57,"commentcolor":11,"colors":58,"streak_colors":62,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":11,"cleavagetype":63,"fracturetype":11,"tenacity":11,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":64,"opticalsign":65,"opticalalpha":66,"opticalalpha2":42,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":67,"opticalbeta2":42,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":68,"opticalgamma2":42,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":42,"opticalomega2":42,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":42,"opticalepsilon2":42,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":42,"opticaln2":42,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":69,"optical2vcalc2":42,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":69,"optical2vmeasured2":42,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":70,"rimax":71,"opticaldispersion":72,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":11,"otheroccurrence":11,"type_specimen_store":11,"description_short":73,"aboutname":74,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":75,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":76,"group_members":77,"associates":116,"confused_with":127,"type_localities":128,"occurrence_total":133,"citations":134,"images":202,"structures":269,"synonyms":281,"language_names":283,"wikidata_qid":323,"texts":324},3623,"1:1:3623:4","80a5559f-815e-443e-934e-a53730a7ab95","Serendibite","Ser",0,"mineral",null,40090,764,false,"Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Mg\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>B\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]",[17,18,19,20,21,22],"Al","Ca","Mg","Si","B","O",[17,18,19,20,21,22],[21],",Ti,Fe,Mn,Na,K,F,H2O,P,,","17.5.17",[28,29],"APPROVED","GRANDFATHERED",1903,"1902","9","D","H","40","69","2","1a","6","Triclinic",2,"0","10.01","10.39","8.63","106.36","96.06","124.36","Polysynthetic on {0-11} is common.",6.5,7,"3.42","3.52","3.47","Vitreous","white","pale yellow, blue-green, greyish blue",[59,60,61,56],"yellow","blue","gray",[56],"None Observed","Biaxial","+","1.701","1.703","1.706","80",1.701,1.706,"strong","Aenigmatite Group.\r\n\r\nMay be confused with sapphirine.","Named after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka. The mineral \u003Cm>srilankite\u003C\u002Fm> is also named after the country.","2025-09-12 10:58:03",[],[78,86,93,102,109],{"id":79,"name":80,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":81,"mindat_formula":82,"hmin":83,"hmax":83,"dmeas":42,"dcalc":84,"primary_image_id":85},1313,"Dorrite","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Mg\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>9\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(Mg\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>9\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>(Si\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>)",5.5,"3.059",7370,{"id":87,"name":88,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":89,"mindat_formula":89,"hmin":83,"hmax":83,"dmeas":90,"dcalc":91,"primary_image_id":92},1917,"Høgtuvaite","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]","3.85","3.95",11666,{"id":94,"name":95,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":96,"mindat_formula":97,"hmin":83,"hmax":98,"dmeas":99,"dcalc":100,"primary_image_id":101},2547,"Makarochkinite","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Ti\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]","(Ca,Na)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Ti\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]",6,"3.93","3.933",15185,{"id":103,"name":104,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":105,"mindat_formula":105,"hmin":106,"hmax":98,"dmeas":107,"dcalc":42,"primary_image_id":108},3402,"Rhönite","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Mg\u003Csub>8\u003C\u002Fsub>Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>Ti\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Al\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]",5,"3.4",20874,{"id":110,"name":111,"entrytype":9,"csystem":40,"ima_formula":112,"mindat_formula":113,"hmin":98,"hmax":98,"dmeas":114,"dcalc":115,"primary_image_id":11},4267,"Welshite","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Mg\u003Csub>9\u003C\u002Fsub>Sb\u003Csup>5+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>]O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>AlFe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]","Ca\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>Mg\u003Csub>9\u003C\u002Fsub>Sb\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>[Si\u003Csub>6\u003C\u002Fsub>Be\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>AlFe\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>36\u003C\u002Fsub>]","3.77","3.948",[117],{"id":118,"name":119,"entrytype":9,"csystem":120,"ima_formula":121,"mindat_formula":122,"hmin":123,"hmax":123,"dmeas":124,"dcalc":125,"primary_image_id":126},1737,"Grandidierite","Orthorhombic","MgAl\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>O\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(BO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)(SiO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)","(Mg,Fe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>)(Al,Fe\u003Csup>3+\u003C\u002Fsup>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>(SiO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)(BO\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>)O\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>",7.5,"2.98","3.00",10338,[],[129],{"id":130,"txt":131,"latitude":11,"longitude":11,"country":132},28697,"Gangapitiya, Ambakotte, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka","Sri Lanka",13,[135,139,143,147,151,156,160,164,168,172,176,181,185,190,194,198],{"id":136,"year":30,"html":137,"doi":138},4665,"Prior, G. T., Coomáraswámy, A. K. (1903) Serendibite, a new borosilicate from Ceylon. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society\u003C\u002Fi>,  13 (61) 224-227 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1903.13.61.04'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1903.13.61.04\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_13\u002F13-61-224.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1903.13.61.04",{"id":140,"year":141,"html":142,"doi":11},520952,1939,"Richmond, Gerald M. (1939) Serendibite and associated minerals from the New City Quarry, Riverside, California. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  24 (11). 725-726 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM24\u002FAM24_725.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":144,"year":145,"html":146,"doi":11},17055699,1974,"Machin, M. P., Süsse, P. (1974) Serendibite: a new member of the aenigmatite structure group. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte\u003C\u002Fi>,  1974. 435-441",{"id":148,"year":149,"html":150,"doi":11},16123316,1977,"Hutcheon, I., Gunter, A.E., Lecheminant, A.N. (1977) Serendibite from Penrhyn group marble, Melville Peninsula, District of Franklin. Canadian Mineralogist: 15: 108-112.",{"id":152,"year":153,"html":154,"doi":155},1596,1990,"Nicollet, Christian (1990) Occurrences of grandidierite, serendibite and tourmaline near Ihosy, southern Madagascar. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  54 (374) 131-133 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1990.054.374.16'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1990.054.374.16\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_54\u002F54-374-131.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1990.054.374.16",{"id":157,"year":158,"html":159,"doi":11},529103,1991,"Grew, Edward S., Pertsev, Nikolay N., Boronikhin, Vladimir A., Borisovskiy, Sergey Ye., Yates, Martin G., Marquez, Nicholas (1991) Serendibite in the Tayozhnoye deposit of the Aldan Shield, eastern Siberia, U.S.S.R. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  76 (5-6). 1061-1080 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM76\u002FAM76_1061.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":161,"year":162,"html":163,"doi":11},529421,1993,"Derveer, D. G. Van, Swihart, G. H., Gupta, P. K. Sen, Grew, E. S. (1993) Cation occupancies in serendibite: A crystal structure study. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  78 (1-2) 195-203 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM78\u002FAM78_195.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":165,"year":166,"html":167,"doi":11},16099429,1994,"Burt, D.M. (1994) Vector representation of some mineral compositions in the aenigmatite group, with special reference to hogtuvaite. The Canadian Mineralogist: 32: 449-457.",{"id":169,"year":170,"html":171,"doi":11},15418311,1996,"Grew, Edward S.; Anovitz, Lawrence M. - \u003Ci>Eds.\u003C\u002Fi> (1996) Boron - Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. \u003Ci>Reviews in Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi> Vol. 33. Mineralogical Society of America p.862",{"id":173,"year":170,"html":174,"doi":175},128,"Jensen, B. B. (1996) Solid solution among members of the aenigmatite group. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  60 (403) 982-986 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1996.060.403.14'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1996.060.403.14\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_60\u002F60-403-982.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1996.060.403.14",{"id":177,"year":178,"html":179,"doi":180},127784,1999,"Kunzmann, Thomas (1999) The aenigmatite-rhönite mineral group. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  11 (4) 743-756 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F11\u002F4\u002F0743'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F11\u002F4\u002F0743\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F11\u002F4\u002F0743",{"id":182,"year":183,"html":184,"doi":11},16967265,2001,"(2001) Serendibite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fserendibite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":186,"year":187,"html":188,"doi":189},243932,2008,"Grew, E. S., Hålenius, U., Pasero, M., Barbier, J. (2008) Recommended nomenclature for the sapphirine and surinamite groups (sapphirine supergroup) \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  72 (4) 839-876 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.2008.072.4.839'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.2008.072.4.839\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Frruff_1.0\u002Fuploads\u002FMM72_839.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.2008.072.4.839",{"id":191,"year":192,"html":193,"doi":11},16123321,2014,"Grice, J.D., Belley, P.M., Fayek, M. (2014) Serendibite, a complex chemical borosilicate mineral from Pontiac, Quebec: Description, chemical composition, and crystallographic data. The Canadian Mineralogist: 52: 1-14.",{"id":195,"year":192,"html":196,"doi":197},65213,"Belley, P. M., Grice, J. D., Fayek, M., Kowalski, P. M., Grew, E. S. (2014) A new occurrence of the borosilicate serendibite in tourmaline-bearing calc-silicate rocks, Portage-du-Fort marble, Grenville province, Québec: evolution of boron isotope and tourmaline compositions in a metamorphic context. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  52 (4). 595-616 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400034'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400034\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1400034",{"id":199,"year":200,"html":201,"doi":11},16123323,2021,"Chanmuang N., C., Nasdala, L., Wildner, M., Škoda, R. & Zoysa, E.G. (2021): Spectroscopic study of serendibite from Sri Lanka. Journal of Gemmology, 37(5), 451-454.",[203,213,220,227,234,244,252,262],{"id":204,"source_url":205,"license_code":206,"credit_html":207,"title":208,"description":209,"author":210,"original_width":211,"original_height":212},22121,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151527","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151527\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-177449.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerendibite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serendibite\">Serendibite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMogok\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mogok\">Mogok\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyin Oo Lwin District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMandalay_Division\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mandalay Division\">Mandalay Division\u003C\u002Fa>, Burma (Myanmar) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-24345.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Serendibite is extremely rare in crystalline form, and this specimen is part of a single small pocket found 2 years ago, and from which most specimens seem to have been polished or sold as gem rough.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",364,400,{"id":214,"source_url":215,"license_code":206,"credit_html":216,"title":217,"description":218,"author":210,"original_width":219,"original_height":212},22122,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441659","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441659\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-mun05-18b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerendibite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serendibite\">Serendibite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Dimensions: 1 cm x 0.7 cm x 0.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An important crystallized example of this extremely rare species. An extremely important crystal recently brought out. Confirmatory analysis was done by Dr. George Rossman at Caltech.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",305,{"id":221,"source_url":222,"license_code":206,"credit_html":223,"title":224,"description":225,"author":210,"original_width":226,"original_height":212},22123,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441660","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10441660\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-mun05-18a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerendibite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serendibite\">Serendibite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 1 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An important crystallized example of this extremely rare species. An extremely important crystal recently brought out. Confirmatory analysis was done by Dr. George Rossman at Caltech. 1 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",312,{"id":228,"source_url":229,"license_code":206,"credit_html":230,"title":231,"description":232,"author":210,"original_width":233,"original_height":212},22124,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457884","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457884\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-rare08-2-14aa.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerendibite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serendibite\">Serendibite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMogok\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mogok\">Mogok\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyin Oo Lwin District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMandalay_Division\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mandalay Division\">Mandalay Division\u003C\u002Fa>, Burma (Myanmar) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-24345.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: thumbnail, 1.4 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Serendibite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Serendibite is extremely rare in crystalline form, and these two specimens are part of a single small pocket found 2 years ago, and from which most specimens seem to have been polished or sold as gem rough (they are faintly translucent when cut). Extremely rare, in this size and sharpness! .\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",253,{"id":235,"source_url":236,"license_code":237,"credit_html":238,"title":239,"description":240,"author":241,"original_width":242,"original_height":243},22125,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=39986573","CC BY-SA 4.0","DonGuennie (G-Empire The World Of Gems), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=39986573\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-G-EmpireTheWorldOfGems.jpg","facettierter Serendibit aus Myanmar","DonGuennie (G-Empire The World Of Gems)",650,450,{"id":245,"source_url":246,"license_code":206,"credit_html":247,"title":248,"description":249,"author":210,"original_width":250,"original_height":251},22126,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=40165409","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=40165409\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-382463.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerendibite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serendibite\">Serendibite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMogok\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mogok\">Mogok\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyin Oo Lwin District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMandalay_Division\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mandalay Division\">Mandalay Division\u003C\u002Fa>, Burma (Myanmar) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-24345.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 1.6 cm x 0.9 cm x 0.4 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Named after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka, this is a very rare and large crystal of the species. This species is a very rare, seldom crystallized member of the sapphirine family of minerals. Because large crystallized examples of this extremely rare species were so important, confirmatory analysis was done by Dr. George Rossman at Caltech on these, when the first samples came out around the early 2000's with gem dealer Bill Larson. It is about 25 carats. It is well terminated. Joe Budd photo.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",771,768,{"id":253,"source_url":254,"license_code":255,"credit_html":256,"title":257,"description":258,"author":259,"original_width":260,"original_height":261},22127,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=40165637","CC BY 3.0","Kelly Nash, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=40165637\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-452544.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerendibite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serendibite\">Serendibite\u003C\u002Fa> (Dimensions: 16 mm x 13 mm x 8 mm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMogok\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mogok\">Mogok\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyin Oo Lwin District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMandalay_Division\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mandalay Division\">Mandalay Division\u003C\u002Fa>, Burma (Myanmar) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-24345.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>\u003Ci>Original description:\u003C\u002Fi> A relatively sharp, vitreous black crystal of serendibite, labeled as from Le Oo, in Mogok Township. Measures 16 x 13 x 8 mm. Child photo shows opposite side. Ex-Ron Pellar Coll. via Dan Weinrich. K. Nash specimen and photo.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Kelly Nash",851,1024,{"id":263,"source_url":264,"license_code":255,"credit_html":265,"title":266,"description":258,"author":259,"original_width":267,"original_height":268},22128,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=40165638","Kelly Nash, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=40165638\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Serendibite-452545.jpg",785,982,[270,276],{"id":271,"url":272,"label":273,"formula":274,"spacegroup":275,"year":192},12664,"\u002Fcif\u002F12664.cif","Grice 2014","(Ca1.898 Na.102) Al4.842 Mg2.733 Si2.827 B1.598 O20","P -1",{"id":277,"url":278,"label":279,"formula":280,"spacegroup":275,"year":162},12665,"\u002Fcif\u002F12665.cif","Van 1993","B1.632 Si3.368 Al5 Mg2 (Ca1.598 Na.402) O20",[282],"Serendibiet",[284,288,292,296,300,304,307,311,315,319],{"lang":285,"names":286},"bg",[287],"Серендибит",{"lang":289,"names":290},"ca",[291],"serendibita",{"lang":293,"names":294},"de",[295],"Serendibit",{"lang":297,"names":298},"eu",[299],"Serendibita",{"lang":301,"names":302},"fr",[303],"Sérendibite",{"lang":305,"names":306},"it",[7],{"lang":308,"names":309},"pl",[310],"serendibit",{"lang":312,"names":313},"ta",[314],"செரெண்டிப்பைற்று",{"lang":316,"names":317},"tr",[310,318],"serendibite",{"lang":320,"names":321},"uk",[322],"Серендибіт","Q3955885",{"history":11,"applications":11}]