Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Munwatte, Central Province, Sri Lanka

mindat Locality ID: 28694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munwatte, Central Province, Sri Lanka": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 7°6'59"N
Longitude: 80°48'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.1163888888889,80.81

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel

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 H Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Corundum None Not in a structural group Rutile Sapphirine Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Gedrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	178
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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