Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 3145
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3145.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ehiliyagoda (Ehaliyagoda; Ehelliyagoda)
Gem Gravels
Kaluganga Valley
Niriella Village
Radigara

Latitude: 6°43'12"N
Longitude: 80°18'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.72,80.311944444444

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dravite ()*
Ekanite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*	Fersmite ()*
Fluor-buergerite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lucchesiite ()*
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sinhalite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mg) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H Mg Nb O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110981	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	110981	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110981	1534
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	110981	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110990	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	110981	5171
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	110981	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	110981	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	110980,110981	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	110981	648
Ekanite ()*	Amorphous	Ca₂ThSi₈O₂₀	1	110980	16
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	110981	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	0		120
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	0		83
Fluor-buergerite ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe³⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F	1	110981	3
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	110981	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	110981	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	110981	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	110992	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110981	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	110981	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	110990	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	110981	5433
Lucchesiite ()*	Tourmaline	CaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	0		2
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	2	110981,110991	18
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	110981	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	110981	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	110990	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110981	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	110981	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	110981	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	110981	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	110981	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	110981	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	110981	1516
Sinhalite ()*	Olivine	MgAl(BO₄)	0		20
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110981	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	110981	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	110981	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	110981	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	1	110981	53
Tantalite-(Mg) ()*	Columbite	MgTa₂O₆	1	110981	2
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	110981	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	110981	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	110981	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	110981	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	110981	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080110	Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka	https://rruff.info/R080110
X090001	Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka	https://rruff.info/X090001
R100163	Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka	https://rruff.info/R100163

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