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Zirconolite from
Rakwana, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka


Classification
Species:Zirconolite
Formula:CaZrTi2O7
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zirconolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rakwana, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174287
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174287:9
GUID (UUID V4):8561dbfe-30f8-408e-9a48-a45a6a17e4f7
References
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Report (issue)
c = 5.024(4) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rakwana, Sri Lanka. 2.92 (100), 1.516 (35), 1.721 (30), 3.61...Hf)O2 Total (1) 56.30 43.97 100.27 (1) Rakwana, Sri Lanka; by electron microprobe, average of 50 analyses...Association: Zirconolite, baddeleyite, geikielite, spinel, perovskite. Distribution: Name: From Rakwana, Sri...Sri Lanka. For Sri Lanka, the country where the mineral was first collected. Type Material: National
Journal (issue)
Montana 34-43 Mines and minerals of the Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico 44-50 Chalcopyrite, French...the Ophir District, Tooele Co., Utah 65-69 Minerals of the Singer mine, Goodsprings District, Clark Co...Joseph Baddeley gevonden in Kommonnangam, Rakwana, Sri Lanka, en beschreven door Fletcher. Bijna gelijktijdig...type-vindplaats ligt in Sri Lanka (het vroegere Ceylon) : Kollonnagam, Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province. Het typemateriaal...roze kwarts, spessartien, spinel, zirconoliet. Rakwana is daarenboven de type-vindplaats voor srilankiet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
together with apatite, ilmenite, + zircon, + zirconolite. In terrestrial mafic rocks these interstitial...granulite-facies coronitic gabbro from the Grenville Province, Ontario, Canada, magmatic baddeleyite and zircon...Ubearing minerals such as baddeleyite, zircon and zirconolite. A salient feature of these ob- 0009-2541/93/$06...famous gem gravels from Rakwana, District of Kollonnagam, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ). He donated one of these...identified in coarse gravel from the Balangoda gem district, Ceylon, several years later (Blake and Herbert-Smith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with zirconolite, baddeleyite, geikielite, spinel, and perovskite in placers of Rakwana, Sri Lanka [1]...al. Rt Sri Sri Ilm-I Ilm-I Sri Ilm-II 200 µm (a) 200 µm (b) Rt Rt Urn Rt Sri Sri Ilm-I 20...Sciences. (a–b) Idiomorphic inclusions of srilankite (Sri) in ilmenite-I (Ilm-I) in intergrowths with rutile
Book
notable example in this category is the Nuristan District of Afghanistan, which over the past 10 years has...Saijo, Iyo Province, Ehime Prefecture, Island of Shikoku Ashio Mine, Shimotsuke Province, Tochigi Prefecture...Arakawa Mines, Ugo Province, Akita Prefecture, Honshu The Obira Mine, Bungo Province, Oita Prefecture,... Hyuga Province, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Otome Mine, Suisho Pass, Kurobera, Kai Province, Yamanashi...Prefecture, Honshu Mino Province, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu; and Omi Province, Shiga Prefecture, Honshu
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concentrate of a gemstone mine in Rakwana in the province of Sabaragamuva, Sri Lanka (Willgallis et al. 1983)...OPX = orthopyroxene, Ilm = ilmenite, Rt = rutile, Sri = srilankite, Zrn = zircon, and Ap = apatite. and...srilankite in pebbles, mainly consisting of zirconolite and baddeleyite with lesser amounts of geikielite...SRILANKITE FROM OCEAN FLOORS a gemstone mine in Sri Lanka (Willgallis et al. 1983). However, srilankite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mantle: peridotitic xenoliths from a melilititic district of the Sahara basin. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol... REE, Th and U in arc magmas: evidence from zirconolite-bearing vesicles in potassic lavas of Lewotolo...G., Bellatreccia, F., Williams, C.T., 2000. Zirconolite, with significant REEZrNb(Mn,Fe)O7, from a xenolith...baddeleyite (native zirconia), a new mineral from Rakwana, Ceylon. Min. Mag. 10, 148 – 160. Green, D.H.,...the nephelinites and carbonatites of the Buhere district, SE Zimbabwe. Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 158, 131
Book (edition)
Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre, Kupfer...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:...grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (sample: Seifert);...(West Wits Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish
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black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, 0^= 3.94, Dg= 3.97, VIIIE 06. Pattiaratchi...black. Wilagedera prospect. North Western Province, Sri Lanka. H= 3-4, Djjj= 3.94, D(.= 4.22, VIIIE 06...Greasy/vitreous colorless, yellow, green, reddish, etc. Sri Lanka and Brazil. H= 6.5, Dj4j= 5.82, D(;= 5.836, IVD... Metallic grey. Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria. H= 2.5, Djj4= 6.32...reflected light. Black Rock mine, Kalahari, Cape Province, South Africa. H= 6, Dj)3=4.75, D(,= 4.85, IVC
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Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Aktash mercury deposit, Kurai Range. Kosh-Agach district. Gomiy Altay. Russia. 58. 562. l'MR M" 111-129...Provvidenzakaolinquarry,Allumierc,Tolfa Mount district,Roma Province,Lazio,ltaly,NJMM 1976,40~17 (str.),AC 18...NaB1OiOH),. mon., Tincalayu borax deposit, Salta Province, Argentina. 52, 935-945, 60, 879-883 (str.) D...Wilagedera iron orc prospcct.. •orth Western Province. Sri Lanka, CM 36. 905-912 .\lica group D Anapaite
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(1989): Mineral. J. 14, 279. Flores mine, Huanuni District, Oruru, Bolivia. Agardite-(La) (La,Ca)Cu¢(AsO4)3(OH)6°3H20...at Ziryanovsk, Altai Mountains, Semipalatinsk Province, Kazakhstan. Rose, G. (1828) In Haidinger, W....engineer known for his work in the Limoges Altisite district. Chanteloube, Haute-Vienne, France. Na3k6Ti2[AlSigO26]Cl;...plus Gk. hydor, water, plus calcite. Khakassy District, Siberia, Russia. Bilibin, G. (1926): Soc. Russe...(1916-1942?). Wilagedera prospect, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The name is derived from its composition:
Book (edition)
British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod...and quartz veins at Juneau. In Canada, Noranda district, PQ; Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and Larder Lake...deposits, ON; Atlin and Caribou, BC; and Klondike district, YT. In Mexico, Altar and Magdalena, SON; Parral...localities, AZ; Calico district, San Bernadino Co., Cerro Gordo(*), Inyo Co., Bodie district, Mono Co., and other
Book (edition)
expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Book (edition)
f'ogg . 25. 495. and A.A. Hayes ( 1 846) Amer. J. Sri. ser. 2 , 1 . 122. show it to be chabazitc. Named...Alisonile. near Cu 6 PbS,. F. Field ( 1 859) A111a. J. Sri. 27. 387. (TL) Mina Grande. Coquimbo. Chile. Probably...Caillcre and S. Hcnin ( 1950) Compt. Rend. Arnd. Sri. Paris. 230. 668: S . Caillcre. A. Mathieu-S icaud...Fe3 • .Mg)iPO.) 3 • A . Damour ( 1 847) CR. Aca(/. Sri. Paris. 25, 670; ( 1 848) Ann. Mines. 13, 34 1 ....Em1ilova. and E.S. Rudnitsknyn ( 1968) 8111/. A rne/. Sri. URSS. no. 6. p. 29 [Amo1-1oxp113orn;rna ] . An nJuminian
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MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Administered Tribal Areas and North West Frontier Province. Ilmenite crystal clusters to 12 cm across have...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings worked by local...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock
Book (edition)
Colorado at the Pelican Dives m.ine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...Califo1nia; in sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island...slate and metamorphosed dolomite in the Beiyun-Obo district, Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine...Antrim County, Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G
Book (edition)
Colorado at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...California; in sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island...slate and metamorphosed dolomite in the Beiyun-Obo district, Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine...Antrim County, Ireland; and in the Laacher See District, West Germany. SELECTED REFERENCE: Switzer, G
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Crocidolite or blue asbestos comes principally from Cape Province, Transvall, South Africa, where it occurs usually...County, California; the Tintic district, Utah; and the Eureka district, Nevada. Vanadinite is a secondary...Sandstones and grits of England, Switzerland, France, Sri Lanka, and Brazil; blacksands in many Baddelyite Zr0...Russia (Ural), gold sands Sri From igneous and metamorphic rocks; altera- Lanka, Brazil, Swe- Accessory...Ti) 2 6 -(OH) Lanka, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, Ireland and Russia (S Urals) Sri Niobium-tantalum(
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from a lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan province, Afghanistan. The powder diagram is near that...from the Wilagedera iron ore body, North-Western Province, Ceylon is related to the brittle micas, but contains...the locality, [Benguet mine], Antamok, Mountain Province, Philippine Islands. [M.A., 4, 250.] 12th List...2H20, as bluish-green orthorhombic crystals from province Antofagasta, Chile. Named from the locality. [M...cassiterite and quartz from near Arandis, Swakopmund district, South-West Africa. Named from the locality. [M
 
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