HISTORY OF GEMS IN SRI LANKA
LIts mineral rich soils have been yielding seemingly a never ending supply of high quality precious and semi-precious gem stones. Sri Lankan chronicle Mahavamsa records Ceylon was known as “Rathna deepa” in Sanskrit meaning The Island of Jewells. Sri Lanka has a rich history of large deposits of diverse gems stones.Ratnapura (‘City of Gems’ in Singhalese) incredible variety of gemstones, many of them outstanding in comparison with stones from other regions. Since the early times Ceylon produces Blue, Golden Yellow, Pink, Orange sapphires, Rubies,Pinkish yellow (Padparadscha) Chrysoberyl cat’s eyes,Alexandrite color changing garnets, Star sapphires, Garnets, Zircons, Tourmalines and Spinals.
Zaffiro – One Place for Everything
Sri Lanka not only produced gems stones of remarkable variety, the mining, cutting, and polishing industry dates back to centuries. Almost all the stones that are found in Sri Lanka since the periods of the kingships are cut and polished before exported. The expertise of cutting and polishing has been in the bloods of Sri Lankan due to abundance of knowledge about varied types of gemstone and how each type should be cut.
Zaffiro is the largest online marketplace for gems in Sri Lanka. We are offering a chance for local sri lankan gem traders and business owners directly to deal with the world gem marketplace. We are giving the opportunity to luxury jewelry designers and gem traders around the world directly buy from the Sri Lankan Gem Traders without any middle man. This allow the both buyer and the seller benefit of the real market price. It help the gem business owners in Sri Lanka to deal with directly with the buyers around the world and the best price their precious gem worth.
