| Locality type: | District |
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| Species: | Spinel |
| Formula: | MgAl2O4 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Spinel data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Elahera District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 207951 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:207951:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 106af274-9136-41f7-adb5-07876c4993cb |
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| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘBakamuna, Polonnaruwa District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka |
| 40.0km (24.9 miles) | ⓘKavisigamuwa carbonatite, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka |
| 57.3km (35.6 miles) | ⓘHakurutale, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka |
| 62.9km (39.1 miles) | ⓘEppawala, Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka |
| 66.6km (41.4 miles) | ⓘMunwatte, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka |
| 85.6km (53.2 miles) | ⓘBadulla, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka |
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Shigley, J. E., Dirlam, D. M., Laurs, B. M., Boehm, E. W., Bosshart, G., & Larson, W. F. (2000). Gem localities of the 1990s. Gems & Gemology, 36(4), 292-335. Xu, Qian, Xu, Bo, Gao, Yujie, Li, Siying (2024) Characterization of Red, Pink, Orange, and Purple Gem-Quality Spinel from Four Important Areas. Crystals, 14 (1) doi:10.3390/cryst14010050 |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | Colombian Emeralds Ron Ringsmd The Elahera Gem Field in Central Sri Lanka Mahinda Gunawardene and Mahinda...COLOMBIAN EMERALDS By Ron Ringsrud The Muzo emerald district, i n Boyacd, Colombia, contains several mines...used to describe the best. Yet Colombia's Muzo district actually encompasses several mines, of which two...emeralds mined in Colombia come from the Muzo district, and the Coscuez mine has grown to become the...Colombian emeralds among the local Indians as far north as Mexico and as far south as Peru and northern |  | | Journal (issue) | | Number 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES 62 Sri Lanka: The Gem Island Peter C. Zwnan The Identification...a n y fine gemstones found on the island o f Sri Lanka, the subject of Peter Zwaan's article i n this...this issue. This fine 9.57-ct cabochon from Sri Lanka is pictured here against a 19th century lithograph...from synthetic corundum, opal, alexandrite, a n d spinel, a s well as diamonds from simulants. mining,...t s Synthetic Alexandrite Natural and Synthetic Spinel Major Gem Locations and Production: Muzo, Colombia-the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colombia; (11) 8.31-ct pink sapphire, Sri Lanka; (12) 5.79-ct pink spinel, Pamir Mountains, USSR; (13) 10.15-ct...other continents as well. In Africa, the Kitwe district in Zambia has become a major source of good, strongly... comm., 1990). CHRYSOBERYL The gem fields of Sri Lanka continued to be the major source of fine chrysoberyl...1980s) significant amounts continued to be found in Sri Lanlza and Burma, with the Cambodian deposits largely...transformed into deep blue stones, originate in Sri Lanlza [Gunaratne, 1981))as do considerable amounts |  | | Journal (issue) | | Summer 2019 Issue 43 All About Colored Gemstones Spinel In All Shades & Sparkling Colors A Publication...Jewelry Industry Special Spinel Pink and Red Gem Spinels in Marble and Placers Spinel from Tajikistan – The...Spinels from Sri Lanka 54 The Spinels of Mahenge, Tanzania In Search of Cobalt Blue Spinel in Vietnam Spinel...Spinel Inclusions – An Exercise in Aesthetics Spinel – A Gemstone for Kings 66 InColor InColor is the...Responsibility 94 Book Review Discovering the Gems of Sri Lanka 98 100 108 113 Members 14 Saurabh Bansal Damien |  | | Journal (issue) | | 14 70 72 Industry News GILC Discusses Treated Spinel, Ethiopian Opal and Tanzanite Gemfields Ends Financial...Necklace Gemology Zoisite – More than just Tanzanite Spinel and its Treatments: A Current Status Report Mining...7 IND U S T RY N E WS GILC Discusses Treated Spinel, Ethiopian Opal and Tanzanite T he 2012 Gemological...AGTA in Tucson on January 30. Heat-Treated Spinel Spinel has been one of the relatively few gems that...diamond, tourmaline, quartz and other gem materials, spinel has always been assumed to be left au naturale |  | | Book | | nucleation initiation of crystal growth. nucleus the central portion of an atom, positively charged and containing...from clay impurities in the original limestone. Spinel, which forms in a similar way, derives its magnesium...earlier stage of it. Spinel crystals in Burma ruby and olivine crystals in spinel are good examples. Although...• apatite in garnet, kornerupine, corundum and spinel • chromite in emerald • diamond in diamond Formation...pyrite in corundum and emerald rutile in quartz spinel in ruby zircon in garnet, corundum and kornerupine |  | | Journal (issue) | | pink sapphire, sapphires of other colors, and spinel have been found in marbles in the Ural Mountains...analyses of the corundum and spinel samples. The marbles were analyzed by the Central Analytical Laboratory...that has been called the "Uralian ruby-bearing province" (Kissin, 1990a). To date, approximately 100-150...approximately 50,000); Chelyabinslz-about 120 lzm to the north-is the largest city (population: about 1.2 million)...(structural)features: (I) Western Uralian fold belt; (11) Central Uraliun Uplift; (111) Tagilo-Magi~itogorosliii |
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