By Sepali Mayadunne. Valuable pieces of gems were found among the tools that early humans used around the time of the Balangoda Civilization , which is considered to be over 30,000 years old. The people of that era cherished these stones perhaps because of their beauty and used them for making necklaces and bangles for […]
Licenced gem mine owners and mining technicians had the opportunity of listening to and interacting with an eminent personality – Dr Jurgen Weyer , Mining engineer of the Institute of Mining Engineering and Special Civil Engineering , Frelberg, Germany at the ‘NGJA’ Auditorium- Ratnapura on 11th August 2008 . This is part of the service […]
LUSTRE Sri Lanka 2009,the national gem and jewellery show organized by the Sri Lanka Gem and Jewellery Association will be held on March 27th, 28th and 29th, 2009 at the BMICH. The show aims to assist small and medium scale manufacturers . Major players in the gem and jewellery industry too will participate as it […]
The first assay office in Sri Lanka was established in 1981 with the prime objectives of achieving legally enforced compulsory hallmarking system and joining the hallmarking convention to gain higher recognition for our jewellery in competitive foreign markets. To acheive the objective of joining the convention ,a three member standing committee delegation of the Convention […]
Chairman, Japan’s Ryokusei Company , Kensho Okamoto has been appointed advisor to Hon Dr Sarath Amunugama , Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion with effect from 1st August 2008, to study ways and means of developing Sri Lanka’s Gem and Jewellery Industry, with special emphasis on the international gem and jewellery market. On 8th […]
Sri Lanka and China explore gemstone trade opportunity This article is reproduced with the kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority The Sri Lanka Gem and Jewellery Association (SLGJA) and the Gem Traders Association of China (GTC) singed a Memorandum of understanding on 6th Sept 2008 with the participation of Mr Hasitha Tillekeratne, […]
More than 5000 visitors flocked to the BMICH exhibition and convention center over the weekend of September 6-9 to pick up their favourite gemstones and well designed jewellery direct from the source at the annual FACETS Sri Lanka 2008 International Gem and Jewellery Exhibition. Speaking at the ceremony hon. Dr Sarath Amunugama , Minister of […]
By Dunil Palitha Gunasekara, Dip. Gem. FGA President: Crystals Gallery -Gem Lab No 28 Batugedera , Ratnapura, Sri Lanka This article is reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority Abstract A Bluish- Green colour, emerald cut gemstone , weighing 0.35 carat and measuring 4.42 X 3.80X 2.80mm has been identified as […]
The area known as “China Fort” in Sri Lanka’s southern costal town of Beruwala is renowned worldwide as a gem trade centre .China fort’s gem merchants and the miners of Ratnapura the Gem City in the Sabaragamuwa Province have been together in the business for centuries. Almost the entire neighbourhood of China Fort has been […]
By Neelamanee De Silva (Consultant Gemmologist) Reproduced with kind permission from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority A miner at Opanayake has told his friends at a funeral that he had witnessed some people collecting gunny bags full of some stones which appeared to be greenish blue glass (Ground glass) from a recently excavated quartz […]