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Calcite from
Kandy, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kandy, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:390876
Long-form Identifier:1:3:390876:1
GUID (UUID V4):a2e63d3a-c8cc-44bc-bec1-ec0e18b144bd
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
29.7km (18.5 miles) Kavisigamuwa carbonatite, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
33.1km (20.6 miles) Kahatagaha Mine, Kahatagaha, Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka
40.6km (25.2 miles) Bogala Mine, Bogala, Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
77.6km (48.2 miles) Kaluganga valley, Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
98.0km (60.9 miles) Eppawala, Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
References
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and metamorphosed in granulite facies of the Sri Lanka basement By R. KLEINSCHRODT, G. V O L L , K61n...Basische Intrusion wurde im Central Granulite Belt der tiefen, kontinentalen Kruste Sri Lankas entdeckt. Sie...intrusion has been found in the Central Granulite Belt of the Sri Lanka continental basement. It intruded...centrale granulitique du socle continental du Sri Lanka. L'intrusion s'est effectu6e parall~lement h la...and metamorphosed in granulite facies of the Sri Lanka basement f opx cpx px hb bi cc do qz mt 781
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Netherlands THE ORIGIN OF THE PINK GRANITES OF SRI LANKA VIEW 17 ANOTHER L.R.K. PERERA Department of...Geology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) (Received January 5, 1982; revision accepted...K., 1983. The origin of the pink granites of Sri Lanka -- another view. Precambrian Res., 20: 17--37...throughout the Precambrian metasedimentary terrain of Sri Lanka and play a significant role in reconstructing...events as other Precambrian metamorphic rocks of Sri Lanka. Their present 'granitelike' character does not
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153 163 166 174 181 184 Proterozoic orogens of Sri Lanka 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Introduction The Wanni Complex...Terrane 2.3.7 Kanigiri ophiolitic melange References Central Indian Tectonic Zone 2.4.1 Introduction 2.4.2 Shear...References Introduction The Limpopo Belt The Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt The Mahalapye Complex...maficeultramafic rocks from Proterozoic orogens of India, Sri Lanka, Botswana, South Africa, East Antarctica, and...some of their figures: The Geological Society of Sri Lanka, The Geological Society of London and the National
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Pyroxenites from the High-Grade Gneiss Terrain of Sri Lanka K.V. Wilbert Kehelpannala liistitirte of Fuiidaiirentnl...Fuiidaiirentnl Studies, Hnntniiil R o d , Knndy, Sri Lnnka The mineral scapolite is a n important indicator...Complex of Sri Lanka (Fig. 1). Modes of Occurrence of Scapolite in Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka, scapolite...also found as a gem mineral in gem gravels of Sri Lanka (e.g. Rodrigues, 1991), the source of which is...unknown as yet. Scapolite in metamorphic rocks in Sri Lanka has been studied by many workers (e.g. Katz, 1971;
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Revised two-feldspar geothermometry applied to Sri Lankan feldspars Gerhard VolP, Christos Evangelakakis...granulite- and amphibolite-facies feldspars from Sri Lanka. A procedure is suggested to correct for compositional...from granulite- and amphibolitefacies rocks of the Sri Lankan basement. We briefly describe the tectonic... REVISED TWO-FELDSPAR GEOTHERMOMETRY APPLIED TO SRI LANKAN FELDSPARS An ¢ /I uates the following three...ao Or Fig. 1. Integrated microprobe analyses of Sri Lankan feldspars (Table 1, composition (1)). Dots
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STRUCTURES MARBLE AND PHOSPHATIC ENRICHMENT IN OF SRI LANKA DAHANAYAKE Earth Sciences Division,Instituteof...HantanaRoad,Kandy,and Departmentof Geology,Universityof Peradeniya,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka AND S. M. N....Departmentof Geology,Universityof Peradeniya,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka Introduction allelsthe strikeof the metasedimentary...,petrological,andgeochemical pura districtof Sri Lanka--lying about200 km from studiescanhelp to establishthe...deposit has been Precambrianof the central highlandsof Sri Lanka. identified variouslyas hydroxylapatite
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fluid flow in sheared metagranitoid, Digana, Sri Lanka: evidence from stable isotopes S.S. Binu-Lal a...Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana road, Kandy, Sri Lanka Received 13 March 2002; accepted 1 November...junction between the Highland and Wanni complexes of Sri Lanka, hosts a variety of graphite types with structural...isotopes of graphite reported in this study from the Sri Lankan high-grade metamorphic terrain differ significantly...The oxygen isotopic composition of a quartz – calcite vein show values in the range 18.5xto 20x, typical
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characterization of vein graphite deposits of Sri Lanka: Witness to carbon rich fluid activity H.P.T. Sasanka...National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka Mineral Resources and Technology, Department...Technology, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka *** Department of Geology, Faculty of Science...Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka † Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata... AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8567, Japan ** Sri Lanka is endowed with high purity vein graphite deposits
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of Sri Lanka K.V. Wilbert Kehelpannala Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantnna Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka...Lanka Sri Lanka is well known for high quality vein graphite, containing about 95-98% of pure carbon. This...crystallinity, large reserves and mode of occurrence. Sri Lankan vein graphite is very similar in many aspects...Kehelpannala, 1995). Vein graphite deposits in Sri Lanka are the largest of their kind in the world and...igneous origins.The occurrenceof vein graphite of Sri Lanka in a granulite terrain has led many workers to
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are generated by thrust-fault mechanism. In the central part, in the Nepal Himalaya, the telemetric MEQ-... Vein Graphite Deposits of the Kegalle District, Sri Lanka: Further Evidence for Post-Metamorphic, Fluid-Deposited...Road, Kandy, Sri Lankn " " _" .... 1 1 1 1 ....... ... Vein-type graphite deposits in Sri Lanka...deposits and restricted occurrences, such as in Sri Lanka and Montana, USA. The origin of this variety has...some vein graphite deposits in the Kegalle district of Sri Lanka and discusses the origin of this post-metamorphic
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mineralization in a karstic environment in central Sri Lanka Kapila Dahanayake 1,2 and S. M. N.D. Subasinghe...Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka 2 Department of Geology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Abstract...Abstract. At Eppawala in central Sri Lanka secondary phosphate mineralization is intimately associated with...township of Eppawala in the Anuradhapura district of Sri Lanka, located about 200 km NNE of Colombo (Fig...the Sri Lankan Precambrian metasedimentary formations dated to be between 2 and 3.5 Ga (German-Sri Lanka
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Metasomatism of High-Grade Orthogneisses from Sri Lanka K.V. Wilbert Kehelpannala and N. Prasanna Ratnayake...of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kundy, Sri Lanka e-mail: wilbert@ifs.ac.lk (Mrm~iscriptreceived...microcliiie-bearing rocks exposed around Ambagaspitiya, Sri Lanka. These rocks are medium- to coarsegrained and...of Sri Lanka, especially in the newly defined Wanni and Vijayan Complexes (Geological Map of Sri Lanka...composition and are exposed in areas surrounding Kandy, Galagedara, Aranayake, Mawanella, Kegalle, Galigomuwa
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mineral inclusions in corundum from gem gravels in Sri Lanka A. A. DE MAESSCHALCK AND I. S. OEN Institute of...gem corundums from gravels of three areas in Sri Lanka. All fluid inclusions are pure CO 2. Microthermometry...corundum, fluid inclusions, gem gravels, Sri Lanka. Introduction SRI LANKA is famous for its gem corundum, which...prisms in feldspathic granulite at Tannahena near Kandy; as violet tablets in corundum-sillimanite rock...I 1OOkm I FIG. 1. Geological sketch map of Sri Lanka with sample locations. 0.3 mm thick sections
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a. TOMBSTONES wa = 1 @ 8 2 ai 2 a CENTRAL HALL a 2+ @ 2B ao] eB ie L a ang ie .... on application being made to the Librarian. CENTRAL HALL. The first case to meet the eye of the visitor...extensive native plantations in the Northern Province, especially in the Jaffna Peninsula and the outlying...and December, the rainy season of the Northern Province. Sugar or “jaggery ” is prepared from sweet toddy...stone inthe Western Province, or of tamarind wood in the North-Central Province; in this a heavy pesile
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and Maruyama, 1991; Hada et al., 1996). In the central Kii Peninsula of middle Japan, the Chichibu terrane...Miyagawa-mura area, Mie Prefecture in the eastern central Kii Peninsula, southwest Japan. J. Geol. SOC.Japan...Earthquake Processes in the Himalaya J.R. Kayal Central Geophysics Division, Geological Survey of India...that the tectonic model differs from western to central/eastern or northeastern Himalaya. In the northeastern...are generated by thrust-fault mechanism. In the central part, in the Nepal Himalaya, the telemetric MEQ-
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clinohumite - chondrodite - norbergite spinel - calcite - dolomite marble. Sheared and mylonitised marbles...carbonate rocks. The minerals include talc, tremolite, calcite, dolomite, forsterite, diopside, clinohumite, humite...Dissanayake, C.B. and Chandrajith, R. (1999) Sri Lanka Madagascar-Gondwanalinkage : evidence for a Pan-African...Pan-African event in East Antarctica: a view from Sri Lanka and the Mozambique Belt. Precamb. Res., v. 75...India Department of Geology, Peradeniya University, Kandy, SriLankz General Scientific Achievements of IGCP-368
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FROM THE BOGALA AND KAHATAGAHA–KOLONGAHA MINES, SRI LANKA: A POSSIBLE ORIGIN Philippe TOUZAIN§ Laboratoire...Physics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Chantal DESCOLAS-GROS Institut des Sciences de...from the Bogala and Kahatagaha– Kolongaha mines, Sri Lanka, according to their morphology and texture. Each...successive morphologies from the wallrock to the central part of the vein. In this textural transition,...spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis, Sri Lanka. Sommaire Une étude physicochimique et géologique
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.......................... The dissolution of calcite in seawater from 40 ° to 90 °C at atmospheric pressure...distribution coefficients: An experimental study of calcite at elevated temperatures and pressures J.W. Beck... Dissanayake (Peradeniya, Sri Lanka) and M.S. Rupasinghe (Kandy, Sri Lanka) ............................................... Geochemically controlled calcite precipitation by C02 outgassing: Field measurements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metamorphic Rocks and Carbonatite, Wanni Complex, Sri Lanka M.W.K. Weerakoonl, T. Miyazaki', K. Shuto2and...the Eppawala carbonatite body, Wanni complex, Sri Lanka, revealed that these rocks had been metamorphosed...occurred 610-550 Ma in the three crustal units in Sri Lanka. Rb-Sr system for biotite, apatite and whole-rock...the Eppawala in the Anuradhapura district, Wanni complex, Sri Lanka, in 1971. Precambrian rocks, metamorphosed...the surrounding rocks. Geological Outline of Sri Lanka Nd modal ages have been determined for a variety
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Accepted Manuscript Vein-type graphite deposits in Sri Lanka: The ultimate fate of granulite fluids Jacques...Francesca Piccoli , Vein-type graphite deposits in Sri Lanka: The ultimate fate of granulite fluids. The address... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Vein-type graphite deposits in Sri Lanka: The ultimate fate of granulite fluids Jacques...South Africa AC Gaborone, Botswana Keywords: Sri Lanka; hydrothermal vein graphite; granulite; CO2 fluid;...hosted in granulite facies metamorphic rocks in Sri Lanka are unique because of their large size and high
Report (chapter)
Proterozoic crustal evolution of southernmost India and Sri Lanka I N G O B R A U N t & L E O M. K R I E G S M A...share similarities with the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka: (1) evidence for Palaeoproterozoiccrust formation...Unit is correlated with the Wanni Complex of Sfi Lanka on the basis of lithologies and Nd model ages (1...domains and the Vijayan and KadugannawaComplexes of Sri Lanka represent Late Mesoproterozoic-Early Neoproterozoiccrustal...of southern India, Sri Lanka and the Liitzow-HolmBay of Eastern Antarctica. Sri Lanka may have been located
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspars from high-grade metamorphic rocks of Sri Lanka Christos Evangelakakis 1, Herbert Kroll 1, Gerhard...the amphibolite- and granulite-facies rocks of Sri Lanka, a late-stage, final exsolution event is observed...amphibolite- and granulite-facies terrain of Sri Lanka. These Precambrian rocks contain feldspars exhibiting...Structural, magmatic and metamorphic history of Sri Lanka Wc first give a short account of the lithological...and metamorphic history of Sri Lanka to place the feldspars in 520 $RI LANKA % eZ3 An Ba Co Da Di Ep
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comparable to those of the Gosse Pile intrusion, Central Australia (Moore, 1973), and the Fiskenaesset...into two broad zones : (1) marginal zone, and (2) central zone (Fig. 1). The marginal zone of the CLC forms...styles and scales in the low strain areas. The central zone of the CLC is occupied by the entire Chimalpahad...zone --- --- Shear zone 80"/35' 130' CZ - Central zone /- CB - Cuddapah Basin Strike & Dip of...map of the Chimalpahad Layered Complex, Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh. Modified after Appavadhanulu
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little south of the centre of Ceylon in the South Central, Uva, and Sabaragamuwa provinces. In this area...Kurunegala, to Messrs. Casa Lebbe & B. Weerasiri of Kandy, to Mr. Kellow of Hakgala, to Mr. B. Seneviratne...near Ratnapura and Rakwana in the Sabaragamuwa district. Here the gravels are very extensively dug, and...distributed in Ceylon, occurring at Newera Eliya, Kandy, Ragedara, Dondra Head, Matara, Galle, and Colombo...gneissic rocks in the :Mahaweli Gorge at Hakinda, near Kandy. A single specimen (on which a species of Podostemon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
......................... IV. Intergrowtbs of Calcite and Dolomite .................................... and Matale. The fifth ocettrs in the Badulla District.' (Op. tit. pp. 42-~3.) I m a y say t h a t t...y a m o n g acid gneisses. The m i n e r a l s calcite, dolomite, blue apatite, phlogopite, spinel, p...were examined, and consisted largely of yellow calcite. They contained elliptical masses, reaching a foot...mixture of various minerals. One such was formed of calcite, oligoclase, green pyroxene, pyrite, quartz, and
 
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