Explore godsend:Sri Lanka Gem City

Originally Jewelry is a kind of ornament, what isof “Star of India” (Star of India) came
affordable for wearing what is better.from here. The early 80s, there has also
Unfortunately, the equivalent of these things tooproduced over a 362 karats of the world’s
much wealth in the face of the people are alwaysthird largest sapphire, “Sri Lanka’s
ready to make trouble, so can there be in SierraStar”, as a national treasure, concealed in the
Leone, “Blood Diamond.” Fortunately, theColombo National Museum.
longest in the body after the Asian civil war in SriSince it is a godsend, good fortune naturally get
Lanka, although 90% of the territory of thispeople a hard time. Although the Ratnapura
country are produced in the distribution of theeverywhere on the streets, wearing the head or
parent rock gem (a high degree of crystallizationhands Kam Po of the condenser tube of the
of the Precambrian metamorphic rocks), but thepeople, but the real gem is a rare boutique.
LTTE’s lair — the northern Jaffna peninsula,According to locals, said some people dug a
but fortunately, there is no gem mine.three-nothing, some people dug the first month of
Precious stones, such as cabbage10,000 U.S. dollars worth of goods. It is precisely
because the harvest dredging totally unexpected
Thus, just as calm as Dasan and beaches, Srigems, each mine has its own shrine, the official
Lanka’s gem also turbulent and bloody deeds.excavation of the mine owners should go to their
Because the stones are widely distributed, andtemple incense before the prayer, each worker
everywhere one can try his luck. Located 64must work underground before the hands
kilometers southeast of the capital, Colombo, hightogether, silently praying, and even the screen
mountains of the Ratnapura (in Sinhaleseday of ore have to select “auspicious.”
Ratnapura, the “Rat” is a “gem”On the treasure hunt, where there is one I do not
means, “Couple” is the “city”know the authenticity of the scripts: One day, a
together is ” Gem City “), we ate the carjeweler in the country saw a woman bathing in
surprised – many competing out into yourthe river with stones Cabei, 1:00 stare. Then
hand in front of the hands of spread of theregardless of verbal abuse, put forward the other
parcel, the full of colorful, after a rough gem.side is willing to spend lots of money to buy a
These stones usually only one or two carats, butpiece of stone used Cabei. Several rounds of
to know of these barefoot hawkers, is seekingbargaining, until the 135 dollars Fang Cai deal.
tens of dollars of business.Sapphire stone processing out of the value of
Sri Lanka’s gem mining dating back more16,000 U.S. dollars.
than 2,500 years of history. The parent rockIn fact, a more realistic story is far more amazing
containing precious stones are water washedscripts. In 1997, a 14-year-old girl with his father
away the precious stones mixed with sand, gravelto the mines to help, accidentally dug a 850
and clay, the spread in the riverbed, wetland,karats of sapphires, was identified market 200
farmland, or foot of the mountain, usually 1.5 mmillion U.S. dollars. Expression of patriotism in this
depth to 18 meters. Mining treasures be dividedcountry was genuine – girls will gem donated
into three kinds of ways, mostly in the mountains,to the National Museum, this was also summoned
rock mining, mining of precious stones out ofby the president.
larger particles, but the more difficult; dug wellsIn fact Sri Lanka’s gem resources are unlikely
and river mining much more common, but after ato always maintain the strong momentum in
long river transportation, gem size than the small.recent years the government has carried out a
In the Ratnapura divided into two ancient rivernumber of rivers and phase control to prohibit the
bed of the Carew gave birth to one third of theexploitation of large-scale machinery. From the
gems of this country, but also making itland owners, investors, machinery suppliers to the
Asia’s largest gem mine. Exclusive Museum ofminers to the gem mining on them is just a
Natural History in New York is currently theproduct, they expect nothing but the final split into
world’s largest sapphire, weighing 563 karatspartnership, in which the landlord can get 20%.