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Limestone from
Gangapitiya, Ambakotte, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka


Classification
Type:Limestone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limestone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gangapitiya, Ambakotte, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1094716
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1094716:2
GUID (UUID V4):b59b2037-6b49-4482-8c5c-7008173be2cd
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associations of ' g n e i s s ' a n d g r a n u l a r limestone, and the t r a n s i t i o n s b e t w e e n t..."~ has given a short account of the b e d s of limestone as follows : - - T h e 'beds run through the gneiss...parallel direction, striking generally north-west by north to north, and having various angles ef dip, ii-om...a few miles this side of Bahmgoda, and runs north-north-west, occurring again at I{unuwala. The second...the Great Western [Mountain] on the Great Western Estate, and is continuous to the north-north-west with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
--This new mineral was discovered at Gangapitiya, near Ambakotte and about 12 miles east of Kandy, Ceylon... alternate with band~ of limestone up to 18 inches wide. Between limestone and granulite occur contact-zones...contact-zones consisting, next to the limestone, almost entirely of a coiourless diopside, but near the granulite...basic conditions induced by the presence of the limestone. I n many of its physical characters, colour,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the south, and covering a greater area in the north. The main mountain-massif, consisting of ancient...which are found fringing the coast, and in t h e north covering a larger area. Probably the same is true...~oc~s A~r aRAeHXTV.. 591 lies especially in the north), and would separate Ceylon from India more effectually...Mahara Convict-quarry ; to Mr. Edgar Ferdinand of Kurunegala, who showed me tlle Ragedara graphitemines; also...Mr. Peter D'Abrew of Colombo, to Mr. Modder of Kurunegala, to Messrs. Casa Lebbe & B. Weerasiri of Kandy
Book (edition)
fields in the prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance...cause raised eyebrows, and even more so with ‘Sri Lanka rubies and sapphires’ in place of ‘Ceylon rubies...chalcedony found in Rhodesia. The staff of both western and eastern headquarters of the Gemological Institute...gabbros and basalts, and in some areas such as north-west Scotland, the parallel or radial arrays of...intermediate and acid members of the volcanic province in southern Brazil and Uruguay, and the fire opals
Journal (issue)
cultured pearls. pg. 22 73 Serendibite from Sri Lanka Karl Schmetzer, George Bosshart, Heinz-Jürgen...characterization of this rare gem material from Sri Lanka. Gem Trade Lab Notes • Color grade vs. value...opal triplets • Plus: Emeralds from Hiddenite, North Carolina • Star emerald from Madagascar • Tourmaline...they decided to go to the heart of the diamond district in New York. Liddicoat and Crowningshield taught...of home study (or “distance”) education beyond North America when, in 1970, he sent Nord to Israel to
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Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Obshchestva xiv A □ Abclsonite, CJ1H32N4 Ni, tric., Western Oil Shale Corporation drill core WOSCO, Sec 36...Red Sea covc, known as Sharm Abhur, about 30 km north of Jiddah. Saudi Arabia. 74, 500. 78. 235-236. CM...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
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Identification of Ore Minerals, 2nd ed., Elsevier-North Holland, New York, 1971. The word “opaque” may also...Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica...Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia States, Mexico Aguascaientes Baja California
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...localities of magmatic origin (in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia
Book (volume)
his study of an aluminian bronzite from Takasima, North Kyushu, Japan, Takeda (1972) showed that the tetrahedral...fissure m chromite pyroxerute, H irose mine, Tari district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan (Kitabara, 1958). Anal...J. Kitahara. 2 Enstatite, pyroxenite, Webster, North Carolina (Hess, 1952). AnaJ. L. C. Peck. 3 Enstabte...hyperstbene-diopside-plagioclase bomfels, Aavold Quarry, Oslo district, Norway (Muir and Tilley, 1958). Anal. J. H. Scoon...cordierite-beanng xenolithic rock, Haddo House and Arnage district, Aberdeenshire (Gribble, 1968). Anal. C. D. Gribble
Book (edition)
center of will fall the stereographic projecAll north and south tion. meridians of the spherical projection... To locate the pole of a face lying on a known north and south great circle, (1) angular distance from...projection of the arc of a great circle which is not a north (2) and south meridian or the equator. The projections... is locate the position of the pole of not a north and south meridian, its 36 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY...MATHEMATICAL RELATIONS OF CRYSTALS 41 tangent to the north pole of the sphere of the spherical projection.
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Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow district, USSR V.N. Balashov Institute of Experimental...Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow district, USSR T. Baller Institut fir Mineralogie, Ruhr-Universitat...Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow district, USSR M.S. Ghiorso A.A. Graphchikov University...Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow district, USSR E.S. Grew Department of Geological Sciences...Academy of Sciences, 143432 Chernogolovka, Moscow district, USSR R.W. Luth Department of Geology, University
 
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