Kyawthuite was discovered in the vicinity of
Mogok in
Myanmar, an area famous for its variety of gemstone minerals, in 2010 and was subsequently identified as being a new specimen by Dr. Kyaw Thu. The
International Mineralogical Association officially recognised kyawthuite as a new mineral in 2015. Only one 0.3-gram sample of the naturally occurring form of this mineral is documented, and it is stored and on display at the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. == References ==