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


mindat Locality ID: 29867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29867.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kollonnagam

Latitude: 6°25'0"N
Longitude: 80°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.4166666666667,80.666666666667
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 B Be Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaddeleyiteBerylColumbiteCorundumDanburiteFluoriteGarnetKornerupineNone
OlivinePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzSpinelZirconZirconolite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Corundum  (*)Danburite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Ekanite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Perovskite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spinel  (*)Srilankite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO21110978238
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O40321
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O80148
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ekanite  (*)AmorphousCa2ThSi8O20016
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3111097870
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311109785433
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2068
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Srilankite  (*)ColumbiteTiO206
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O70140


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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