Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Western Province, Sri Lanka

mindat Locality ID: 49396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Province, Sri Lanka": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Avissawella
Colombo District
Gampaha District
Kalangaha
Kalutara District

Latitude: 6°57'30"N
Longitude: 80°11'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.9583333333333,80.198611111111

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
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 Fe H Mg O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sinhalite ()*
Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	111017	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	111017	4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2	111017,111023	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	111017	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	111017,111023	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	111017	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	111017	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	111021	2812
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	111017	61156
Sinhalite ()*	Olivine	MgAl(BO₄)	1	111017	20
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	111017	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	111017	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070479	Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka	https://rruff.info/R070479

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