Monthly Archives: August 2020

Ancient technology utilized to manufacture Sri Lankan gemstone beads and carvings

This article is reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority Sri Lanka. Gems have been defined as objects of great beauty or worth and as “precious stones, specially, when those are cut and polished for ornamental use. Over the centuries, however, the term gemstone had meant a naturally occurring Mineral desirable […]

Geography of Sri Lanka-

Climate, Relief and Distribution of Population THE RELIEF OF THE ISLAND In respect of relief the Island may be divided into five major regions:-(1)The central Highlands, including the Knuckles and the Rakwana massif.(2)The well-watered southwest country, having a characteristic topography of scarp lands, cuestas, hogs backs, strike ridges, withgentle dip slopes and steeper scarp edges, […]

Sri Lanka-

Travel,History,People,Culture,Physical features,Tea and food. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) is an island nation situated in the Indian Ocean, closer to the southern tip of Peninsular India and separated from it by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar. The Palk Strait is a shallow sea about 15 fathoms deep. The width of the Palk Strait at […]

Gem trade in Sri Lanka during the British Period

By Dr Ameer Ali, University of Murdoch, Western Australia. Despite Sri Lanka’s legendary fame for its precious stones, none of the colonial powers showed any interest in developing that industry. John Davy observed that” like mining in general the occupation of searching for gems is a very precarious one” and therefore not “a profitable pursuit”To […]

Pearl industry during the British period in Sri Lanka

By Dr Ameer Ali, University of Murdoch, Western Australia. The Moors of Sri Lanka were involved in the business of pearl fishery and pearl exports during this period. Even though this industry was a government monopoly until 1833,the manner in which it was operated provided ample opportunities for the Moors to engage in the enterprise […]

Madagascar and Sri Lanka Gemstones

common geological origin The age of the earth is about 4 billion years according to modern geologists and astronomers. Much information about the earth has been recovered from the geological records enshrined in the ancient rocks and stratified formations laid down in successive ages as mud, sand, gravel, and shells in the beds of oceans, […]

The Lady Heart Diamond Collection

Lareef A. Samad B.Sc (Hons) Origin of Name The Lady Heart Diamond Collection, is a collection of five exceedingly rare heart-shaped diamonds of different colors – red, orange, pink, blue and canary yellow – and ranging in weight from 1.71 to 2.28 carats, that was designed by Bernard Bachoura, a fourth generation jeweler from Southern […]

Iranian Crown Jewels

Brief History of Iran Iran, meaning the “country of the Aryans”, is situated in southwestern Asia, between the Persian Gulf in the South and the Caspian Sea in the North, and having common borders with seven neighboring countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia in the north, and Turkey and Iraq […]

The Aurora Diamond Collection

Origin of name The Aurora Diamond Collection is the most comprehensive collection of naturally colored diamonds in the world, consisting of all the multifarious colors in which diamonds exist in nature, represented in different shapes, sizes, color saturations, as well as modified colors. There are 296 diamonds in the collection weighing a total of 267.45 […]

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