Dünya’nın En Değerli Süstaşlarından Biri Olan Painit Mineralinin, Jeolojik ve Mineralojik Olarak Bulunabilirliğinin İrdelenmesi; Türkiye’de Painit Var mıdır?

Year 2024, Volume: 67 Issue: 2, 253 - 266, 25.04.2024

Murat Hatipoğlu , Gürsel Yanık , Evrim Çoban

https://doi.org/10.25288/tjb.1399633

Abstract

Dünyada bugüne kadar keşfedilmiş 4.000’den fazla mineral olmasına karşın, bazıları doğada çok nadir bulundukları için, koleksiyonel bakımdan çok değerlidirler. Bu minerallerden dünyanın en nadir ve en değerli olanlardan birisi de painit [CaZrB(Al9O18)] mineralidir. Güneydoğu Asya'da Myanmar (Burma)'da 1950'lerde keşfedildikten sonra, bu nadir koleksiyonel ve mücevher taşının, çok yüksek maddi değeri nedeniyle, başka ülkelerde de bulunma ihtimali üzerine araştırmalar sürekli yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, painit mineralinin mineralojik ve gemolojik özelliklerini benzer minerallerle kıyaslamalı olarak ortaya koyarak, Türkiye'de painit mineralinin nasıl aranabileceği ve bulunabileceği örnek bir çalışma yapmaktır. Painitlerin, jeolojik olarak magmatik kökenli lökogranitler ile metamorfik kökenli mermerlerin dokanaklarındaki skarn kuşaklarında oluştukları ve bulundukları bilinmektedir. Sonuç olarak, eğer Türkiye'de bir painit minerali aranacaksa ve süstaşı olarak değerlendirilecekse; bu mineralin jeokimyasal bileşiminde mutlaka Ca, Zr ve B gibi elementlerinin yüzde miktarları göz önüne alınmalı, korundum, spinel vb. minerallerinin oluşum ortamlarına benzer jeolojik ortamlarda aranmalıdır. Özellikle, magmatik kayaçlar ile karbonatlı kayaçların metamorfizma kontağında, skarn kuşaklarının ve/veya bunların alüvyonlarında araştırılması gerekir.

Keywords

Painit, yakut, en nadir süstaşları, gemolojik özellikleri

Examining the Geological and Mineralogical Availability of the Mineral Painite, One of the Most Valuable Gemstones in the World; Is there Painite in Türkiye?

Abstract

Although more than 4.000 minerals discovered in the world to date, some of them are very valuable in terms of collection because they are very rare in nature. One of the rarest and most valuable minerals in the world is painite [CaZrB(Al9O18)]. After its discovery in Myanmar (Burma) in southeast Asia in the 1950s, research has been constantly carried out on the possibility of this rare collectible and jewelry stone being found in other countries due to its very high value. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the mineralogical and gemological properties of the mineral painite can be searched for and found in Türkiye. It is known that painites are geologically formed and found in skarn belts at the contacts of leucogranite of magmatic origin and marbles of metamorphic origin. As a result, if painite is to be sought in Türkiye and evaluated as a gemstone; the percentage amounts of the elements Ca, Zr and B must be taken into consideration as well as corundum, spinel, etc. in the geochemical composition of this mineral. It should be searched in geological environments of minerals; in particular, metamorphism contacts (skarn belts) and/or their alluviums should be investigated at the contact between igneous rocks and carbonate rocks.

Keywords

Painite, ruby, Rarest gems, gemological characteristics

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