Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 3147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gem Gravels, Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dambagammana
Elapata
Kandurugala
Karawita
Malwala
Niriella
Ratgama
Weganga

Latitude: 6°39'52"N
Longitude: 80°24'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.6644444444444,80.412777777778

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.

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

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fluor-buergerite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	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 Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr

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

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Fluor-buergerite ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe³⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F	3
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	18
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	53
Tantalite-(Mg) ()*	Columbite	MgTa₂O₆	2
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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