Ceylon Gem
SRI LANKA'S BEAUTY AND IT'S GEMS ARE WOVEN TOGETHER LIKE A BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND HER ATTIRE.
The National Gem and Jewelery Authority of Sri Lanka was known State Gem Corporation prior to 1st March, 1993.
The State Gem Corporation was engaging in promoting Sri Lanka gem in many ways. Sri Lanka was
labeled the "The Gem Island" by the gem lovers of the world by the enduring work of the above institution.
Sri Lanka Tea leads in the world for smells and tastes and Sri Lanka Gems for beauty and for its magnetizing
power.
The Mother Nature has provide to ' Taste the Paradise' on this Universe in the form of this Island Sri Lanka.
As there was a need to implement strategies and policy priorities for the development of the gem and jewellery
industry of this country, National Gem and Jewelry Act No.50 of 1993 was implemented.
Sri Lanka gem industry has a very long and colorful history. Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna – Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. Ptolemy, the 2nd century astronomer recorded that Beryl and Sapphire were the mainstay of Sri Lanka’s gem industry. Records from sailors that visited the island states that they brought back “jewels of Serendib”. Serendib was the ancient name given to the island by middle – eastern and Persian traders that crossed the Indian Ocean to trade gems from Sri Lanka to the East during the 4th and 5th century.
Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form insedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Other gems are of magmatic origin.(From Wikipedia)
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