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Quartz from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
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  • Central Province
    • Kandy District
[var. Rose Quartz] (n.d.) Collection, Natural History Museum Vienna.
G. W. A. R. Fernando, A. Pitawala, T. H. N. G. Amaraweera (2011) Emplacement and Evolution History of Pegmatites and Hydrothermal Deposits, Matale District, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Geosciences, 2:348-362
A. Pitawala, T.H.N.G. Amaraweera, G.W.A.R. Fernando, C.A. Hauzenberger (2008): Pegmatites Derived from Fractionation of a Melt: an Example from Pegmatites in the Owala-Kaikawala area, Matale, Sri Lanka. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 72, 815-822.
    • Nuwara Eliya District
Kriegsman, L. M., & Schumacher, J. C. (1999). Petrology of sapphirine-bearing and associated granulites from central Sri Lanka. Journal of Petrology, 40(8), 1211-1239.
  • North Central Province
    • Anuradhapura District
Manthilake, M. A. G. M., Sawada, Y., & Sakai, S. (2008). Genesis and evolution of Eppawala carbonatites, Sri Lanka. Journal of Asian earth sciences, 32(1), 66-75.
Davidson, A. J. G, Notholt, R. P. , Sheldon D. F. (2005) Phosphate Deposits of the World - Volume 2. Phosphate Rock Resources Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press.
Jayawardena, D. D. S. (1976). The Eppawala carbonatite complex in north-west Sri Lanka. Economic Bulletin, (3), 31-41.
Hapuarachichi, D.J.A.C. 1996. On the origin of the Eppawala apatite deposits, Sri Lanka. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 23, XIII-XXIV.
Samarakoon, N., Malaviarachchi, S. P., Senaratne, A., & Wijayasinghe, A. (2021). Gold occurrences in copper-magnetite-apatite deposit at Seruwila, Sri Lanka. Ore and Energy Resource Geology, 8, 100014.
  • North Western Province
    • Kurunegala District
      • Ambakotte
Prior, G.T., Coomáraswámy, A.K. (1903) Serendibite, a new borosilicate from Ceylon. Mineralogical Magazine vol. 13, n° 61, 224-227.
      • Kahatagaha
Touzain, P., Balasooriya, N., Bandaranayake, K., & Descolas-Gros, C. (2010). Vein Graphite from the Bogala and Kahatagaha–Kolongaha Mines, Sri Lanka: a Possible Origin. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48(6), 1373-1384.
  • Sabaragamuwa Province
    • Ratnapura District
      • Embilipitiya
        • Kolonne
[var. Amethyst] Müller, H. D. & Jahn, S. (2006): Kolonne bei Embilipitiya auf Sri Lanka-eine interessante Fundstelle für Olivin, Hornblende und Spinelle. Mineralien Welt 17 (4), 44-51.
[var. Rose Quartz]
[Chalcedony var. Carnelian]
[var. Rock Crystal] Ceylon Aluvial Mine, (Book, Co. 2002)
  • Southern Province
    • Galle District
[var. Smoky Quartz] Dissanayake, C. B., Chandrajith, R. O. H. A. N. A., & Tobschall, H. J. (2000). The geology, mineralogy and rare element geochemistry of the gem deposits of Sri Lanka. BULLETIN-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FINLAND, 72(1/2), 5-20.
Gübelin, E. and Wolgensinger, M. (1976) Edelstenen. Uitgeverij Artis, Brussel (in Dutch).
  • Uva Province
    • Monaragala District
Pardieu, V., & Dubinsky, E. V. SAPPHIRE RUSH NEAR KATARAGAMA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY–MARCH 2012). GIA
  • Western Province
    • Colombo District
[var. Amethyst] Dissanayake, C. B., Chandrajith, R. O. H. A. N. A., & Tobschall, H. J. (2000). The geology, mineralogy and rare element geochemistry of the gem deposits of Sri Lanka. BULLETIN-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FINLAND, 72(1/2), 5-20.
Grew, Edward S., Hiroi, Yoshikuni, Motoyoshi, Yοichi, Kondo, Yuji, Jayatileke, Sarath J. M., Marquez, Nicholas (1995) Iron-rich kornerupine in sheared pegmatite from the Wanni Complex, at Homagama, Sri Lanka. European Journal of Mineralogy, 7 (3) 623-636 doi:10.1127/ejm/7/3/0623
Grew, E. S.
Hiroi, Y.
Motoyoshi, Y.
Kondo, Y.
Jayatileke, S. J. M.
 
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