THE WORLD'S BEST GEMS...
Most of the world's best and exotic color stones produced in Serendip...
( Serendip is an old name for Sri Lanka(aka Ceylon), from Sanskrit Simhaladvipa and Persian Sarandīp (سرندیپ))
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.
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