Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Central Province, Sri Lanka

mindat Locality ID: 44008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Province, Sri Lanka": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ambakotte
Bakamuna
Elahera District
Hakurutale
Kandy District
Matale District
Munwatte
Nuwara Eliya District

Latitude: 7°26'8"N
Longitude: 80°44'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.4355555555556,80.746111111111

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kornerupine	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite
Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Scheelite ()*
Serendibite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sinhalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kornerupine Mica
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Spinel Titanite
Topaz Tridymite Zircon

28 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	110928	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	110927	27770
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	110924	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	110924,110933	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	110923,110924,110933	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	110922	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	110928,110931	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	110928	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	110933	178
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	110928	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	110924	68
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	1	110923	18
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	110931	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	110923	884
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	110923,110931	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110924	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	110922,110925,110927,110928,110931	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	110933	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	110925,110933	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	110923	4894
Serendibite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₆Al₆]O₄[Si₆B₃Al₃O₃₆]	1	110922	19
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	110925,110933	1516
Sinhalite ()*	Olivine	MgAl(BO₄)	1	110924	20
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	6	110922,110923,110924,110925,110928,110933	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	110924	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	4	110928,110930,110931,110932	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	110928	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	110924	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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