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Sinhalite from
Avissawella, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka


Classification
Species:Sinhalite
Formula:MgAl(BO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sinhalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Avissawella, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:931758
Long-form Identifier:1:3:931758:1
GUID (UUID V4):3c15ecd2-c806-4e4d-825d-807dd9481241
References
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Prospectors' Guide Map to the Gem Deposits of Sri Lanka C. B. Dissanayuke and M.S . Rupasinghe Two Treated-Color...CT; Mary C. Jensen, Toledo, OH; Joyce G. Jessen, Western Springs, IL; Jerry Johnson, Kennewick, WA; David...of metamorphic origin (from localities such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Please see LETTERS, p. 226 Figure B...Edwardian England and their counterparts in other Western countries. Distinct from the more conservative...pearls, preferred by Western society, were Bahrain in the Persian Gulf, Ceylon (now Sri Lanlza), and Australia
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Mitchelltree, L. D. Benton & S. Avella 83 Euhedral sinhalite from Sri L a n k a .................................locally abundant. Diamond Hill is formed on the western limb of a north-south-trending syncline with displacement...Massachusetts 02138 Euhedral sinhalite crystals, reported here from Sri Lanka fo r the first time, have...are attributed to ferric iron. INTRODUCTION Sinhalite, MgAlB04, is among the rarest of the 30 or so...minerals found in the alluvial gem deposits of Sri Lanka. It was first recognized and described as a new
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L. D. Benton & S. Avel/n 83 Euhedral sinhalite from Sri Lanka ............................ 91 by L....locally abundant. Diamond Hill is formed on the western limb of a nonh-south-trending syncline with displacement...Mure-Ii-April /995 EUHED RAL S INHALI TE CRYSTALS FROM SRI LANKA v�v Lawrence C. Pitman, Cornelius S. Hu rlbut...Massachusetts 02 1 38 Euhedral sinhalite crystals, reported here ji·om Sri Lanka for the first time, have yielded...are attributed to ferric iron . INTRODUCTION Sinhalite. MgAIBO.,. is among the rarest of the 30 or so
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round brilliant-cut, both from the Argyle mine in western Australia. They represent typical examples of Hrich...some rare hydrogen-rich diamonds from Argyle in western Australia exhibit a violetish-grey to greyish-violet...1983); therefore, in spite of of its better from Sri Lanka, show X-ray diffraction diffraction data which...reliableidentificaidentification.localities in Sri Lanka, and also from at least one diffraction seems...tion. locality in Burma (Spengler, 1983). In Sri Lanka refractive a zincian variety with relatively high
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inclusion in a pink spinel octahedron from Sti Sri Lanka. Photomicrograph by Photomicrograph byJohn JohnI...For illustration of this technique, a natural pink Sri Lankan spinel crystal containing a transparent, ...X-ray means as a comparatively common inclusion in Sri Lankan spinels (Gübelin and Koivula, 1986). This...in Hanoi, one in Ha Nam Ninh Province and another in Hai Hung Province, the latter two are both in the...(Pindobacu township, State of Bahia) located on the western slope of the Serra de Jacobina, alexandrite is
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altorientalisches Dichterwort die paradiesische Insel Lanka an der Siidspitze Indiens. Es hat bis heute seine...von Edelsteinen wie gerade Ceylon.Bereits in den Lanka-Sagen finden sich manche Hinweise auf Ceylons Edelsteinreichtum...ausser Gewiirzen auch Perlen und edle Steine aus Lanka, wie Ceylon im Altertum hiess, exportiert wiirden...im Tai des Sitawaka-Ganga. Die Umgebung von Avissawella, Ratna­ pura und Balangoda unterhielt die am...befreit wurden. Vom palaoncologischen Institut in Colombo sind diese Fossilien wahrend 25 Jahren an zahlreichen
 
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