Study Tour to Sri Lanka: The treasure island.

Sri Lanka is known for best qualities of gemstones mainly due to alluvial deposit since more than 2500 years ago and also known as world capital for Sapphires. Gem mines are mailnly located in southern and central province of Sri Lanka. The mines were mainly either in rice paddles where once ancient river used to flow, vegetable plantation, tea plantation, flowing river and especially the old river which have dried.

Highlights of Srilanka study tour visit:

Mine Visits

We experienced various mines as we visited Ratnapura district local mines (green rice fields), Pelmadulla mines 15 kms from main Ratnapura, Balangoda mines, Rakwana mines, Nuwara eliya and Meetiyagoda mines.

Manufacturing visits

Cutting & Polishing: Second was to take them to traditional cutting and polishing factories for practical experience.

Market Visit:

All the 3 markets of srilanka - Ratnapura market, Nivitigala market and Beruwala market.

Assorting department, exports,tading, heating treatment process, National gem & jewellery authority by srilankan government,

Also met the local association president who provided complete knowledge about the Sri Lankan trade.

Gem Museum Visit:

The Ratnapura gem museum collection.

Conference

Conference was organised with the Sri Lanka Gems & jewellery Association committee member (organisers of facet show) for the students of J K Diamonds Institute of Gems & Jewelry on “How to start gem trade from Sri Lanka and its policies”

For students it was a complete Mines to Market experience which is very rare to get without official permissions

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