|
Myanmar jade production up sharply in first 4 months of 2010-11
Myanmar's jade production is up sharply in the first four months of the fiscal year 2010-11, with the output nearest to that of the whole 2009-10 fiscal year, a local weekly reported in this week's issue.
Myanmar produced 21,599 tons of jade from April to July of 2010- 11 fiscal year, which approached the quantity of 25,795 tons extracted in 2009-10, the Biweekly Eleven News said.
The fiscal year 2008-09 is so far leading highest production rate of jade with 32,921 tons.
Myanmar importers estimated that jade stone production of the fiscal year 2010-11 could exceed 2008-09.
At present, the local gems emporiums proved that the demand of the jade has increased dramatically this year.
Meanwhile, over 600 tons of jade stone, which was unearthed from Lone Khin area in Pha-Khant township in Kachin state, is to be displayed at the coming mid-year gems emporium to be held in Nay Pyi Taw in November on the basis of competitive bidding.
Myanmar mining authorities had displayed the country's huge raw 115-ton jade stone, claimed to be the world's second largest one, at the annual gems emporium in Yangon this year.
Earlier, a 3,000-ton giant jade stone was discovered at a depth of 12 meters underground from Phakant mining area in northernmost Kachin state in 2000 and the stone, measuring 21 meters long, 4.8 meters wide and 10.5 meters high, is said to be the largest one in the world.
Myanmar also claimed that it possesses the world's largest ruby weighing 21,450 carats, the largest star sapphire weighing 63,000 carats, the biggest peridot weighing 329 carats and the biggest pearl weighing 845 carats.
The government's Central Statistical Organization revealed that in the fiscal year 2009-10, Myanmar produced over 11.315 million carats of gems which include ruby, sapphire, spinel and peridot, as well as 229,951 mommis (862.3 kilograms) of pearl.
Myanmar, a well-known producer of gems in the world, boasts ruby, diamond, cat's eye, emerald, topaz, pearl, sapphire, coral and a variety of garnet tinged with yellow.
xinhuanet
|
