Painite
Real mineral · legendary · CaZrBAl₉O₁₈
One of the rarest minerals on Earth, with fewer than a thousand known specimens. Contains the unusual combination of calcium, zirconium, boron, and aluminium. First described in 1956 from a single specimen found in Myanmar.
Identity
- Formula
- CaZrBAl₉O₁₈
- Chemical class
- borate
Crystallography
- Crystal system
- hexagonal
- Habits
- prismatic
- Fracture
- conchoidal
Physical properties
- Mohs hardness
- 8
- Density
- 4.01 g/cm³
- Luster
- vitreous
- Colors
- red, orange-red, brownish red
- Streak
- white
- Transparency
- transparent
Geology
- Origins
- metamorphic
- Host rocks
- marble
- Associated minerals
- Corundum, Spinel, Mica
- Geography
- Myanmar (Mogok only)
Classification
- Rarity
- legendary
- Gem quality
- Yes
Arcane properties
- Affinity
- fire, arcane
- Effects
- elemental fire, planar travel
- Planar origin
- Material Plane
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