Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Uva Province, Sri Lanka


mindat Locality ID: 20306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uva Province, Sri Lanka": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Badulla District
Moneragala District

Latitude: 6°44'36"N
Longitude: 81°14'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.7433333333333,81.248055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be C Ca Fe H K Li Mg O Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleBerylClayCorundumGarnetKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitaniteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)
Ekanite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211110113419
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811110114286
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41111012321
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O35111009,111011,111012,111013,1110151797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611110114135
Ekanite  (*)AmorphousCa2ThSi8O20111101216
Graphite  (*)NoneC11110112812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32111011,1110121544
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411110115591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111101117380
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31111011341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111101161156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511110121516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44111007,111008,111011,1110121934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61111011688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11110114899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3111011,111012,1110145251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100160Kataragama (Katharagama; Katirkamam), Moneragala District, Uva Province, Sri Lankahttps://rruff.info/R100160

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