| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ampegama quarry, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1995260 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1995260:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | ⓘMeetiyagoda, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka |
| 7.0km (4.3 miles) | ⓘWeragoda, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka |
| 59.8km (37.1 miles) | ⓘRakwana, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka |
| 73.6km (45.8 miles) | ⓘHomagama pegmatite, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka |
| 85.1km (52.9 miles) | ⓘAvissawella, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka |
| References |
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Sameera, K. A. Geeth; Hauzenberger, Christoph A.; Fernando, G. W. A. Rohan; Škoda, Radek; Dharmapriya, Prasanna L.; Chanmuang N., Chutimun; Nasdala, Lutz (2026) Formation of ekanite in “antiskarn” by carbonatitic melt infiltration into charnockitic gneiss, Ampegama, southwestern Highland Complex, Sri Lanka. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 181 (7). p.52. doi:10.1007/s00410-026-02330-z |
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