Application of structural geology in the exploration for residual gem deposits of Sri Lanka

Geological investigations of some major gem-bearing areas of Sri Lanka have shown that the gem deposits are controlled by the geological structure. Corundum deposits are generally associated with axial plane areas of tight, doubly plunging synclinoria and anticlinoria where occurrences of crystallin...

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Main Authors: D.P.J. Mendis, M.S. Rupasinghe, C.B. Dissanayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1993-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
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Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume65/sgs_bt_065_1_pages_031_040.pdf