Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balangoda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka

mindat Locality ID: 3149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balangoda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aluthnuwara

Latitude: 6°41'10"N
Longitude: 80°44'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.6861111111111,80.745833333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Baddeleyite	Beryl	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Spinel
Topaz	Zircon

Baddeleyite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Corundum ()*	Geikielite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sinhalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au B Be C F Fe Mg O S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Be C F Fe Mg O S Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Beryl Copper Corundum Fluorite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Spinel
Topaz Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	0		238
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	0		321
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	110965	1797
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	0		70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sinhalite ()*	Olivine	MgAl(BO₄)	0		20
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	0		236
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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