Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 2740
The Rocks and Minerals of Ceylon

The Rocks and Minerals of Ceylon

Book
Coomaraswamy, A.K. (1905) The Rocks and Minerals of Ceylon. Colombo, Colombo Museum Guide, 18 pp.
Sinkankas/Born No.: 1443 (not seen) / NIB  |  not seen
corundum, Sri Lanka.12, gems
Sinkankas: Describes the rock groups, mineral occurrences, typical deposits, rocks of secondary origin, fossils, and recent sedimentary rocks of Ceylon, together with gems and gem mining, a list of gemstones, and the arrangement of the mineral gallery at the Colombo Museum. Not seen; some sources identify the original publication as Spolia Zeylanica, Vol. 3, Part 9, March 1905, pp. 50–66, and also record its inclusion in the Colombo Museum’s Guide to the Collections (1905).