Original description: Claringbull, G. F., Hey, M. H., 1952. Sinhalite (MgAlBO4), a new mineral — Mineralogical Magazine 29: 841—849 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Sri Lanka.
Type material: Natural History Museum, London, England, 1952,36—1952,37 and other earlier museum specimens (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: from
Sinhala, the Sanskrit name for Sri Lanka.
Canada: Ontario, near Bancroft; China: Liáoníng; Myanmar: Mogok; Sri Lanka: in gem gravels at the Ratnapura district and elsewhere (