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An IT
organization dedicated to the development of the gem and jewelry
industry worldwide
Internetstones.com is a Media organization
based in Sri Lanka dedicated to the development of the Gem and
Jewelry Industry worldwide, by providing credible information on all
aspects of the trade, which encompasses several scientific
disciplines such as geology, mineralogy and gemology, other economic
activities associated with the industry, such as prospecting and
mining, designing and manufacturing, marketing etc. The historical
aspects of the trade are also dealt with in detail, laying
particular emphasis on the diamond and gemstone industry. Sri Lanka
was the hub of the international gem and jewelry trade, since
ancient times, dating back to the time of King Solomon, who is
reported to have sent his sailors to the island nation, to get
supplies of gemstones such as sapphires, rubies, and pearls and also
other valuable products such as ivory. An informative article on the
History of the Gemstone Trade in Sri Lanka
from time immemorial is
included, besides several other interesting and informative articles
relevant to the gem and jewelry industry of Sri Lanka. The government of Sri Lanka has set up the National Gem and Jewelry
Authority, whose main objective is to provide the necessary
incentives to the industry, in order to stimulate all its sectors,
and thus regain the prestigious position the country once held as
the hub of the international gem and jewelry trade.
Our Visitors Profile
Our website has been well received by our
visitors, who spend a lot of time on our site reading our
interesting articles. According to Site-Meter Statistics, our daily
traffic has touched around 1000 unique visitors a day, equivalent to 30,000
visitors a month, mainly from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada,
India Australia, Germany, France and other European countries, and Japan.
The United States alone accounts for almost 50% of our visitors.
Click the sitemeter logo at the bottom of this page for live statistics of our visitors(Usually open for advertisers).
Majority of our visitors are targeted
visitors, including visitors from Hollywood, Las Vegas, New York,
Florida and other cities in the U.S. and other international gem and
jewelry markets in the world such as London, Paris, Geneva,
Amsterdam, and Antwerp in Europe, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, New
Delhi, Kolkata, Hong Kong, Tokoyo, Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore in
Asia, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane in Australia, and Johannesburg,
Cairo and Casablanca in Africa, who appear to be
scouting for information on diamonds, gemstones and jewelry, before
making a final purchase.
Our website is also frequented by professionals and experts in the gemstone, diamond and jewelry sectors. We are in the process of continuously
updating our website, in order to provide the information our
visitors are keen in finding out.
The International Diamond Trade
Pride of place has been given to the diamond industry. The evolution of the diamond industry is given prominence, with its origins in ancient India (see Koh-i-Noor Diamond) in the 4th century B.C., giving details of diamond mining in the Eastern Deccan regions of South and Central India, including the famous Golconda mines near Hyderabad in Southern India. Another important source of diamonds in the world was the Kalimantan Province in Indonesia, where diamonds were discovered in the 14th century A.D. (see Trisakti Diamond and Matan Diamond). When the Dutch colonized Indonesia in the 17th century, the industry was already well established. The Dutch East India Company which was involved in the diamond trade, exported large quantities of diamonds to the Netherlands, laying the foundation for the development of Amsterdam as an international diamond-cutting and trading center. From the 14th century to the early 18th century both India and Indonesia were the main source countries for diamonds in the world. As diamond resources in India gets depleted after centuries of mining, a new player emerges in the international diamond industry, Brazil, where diamonds were discovered by the Portuguese colonialists in the early 18th century. Diamonds exploited from Brazil reached Portugal and other countries of Europe in large quantities in the 18th and 19th centuries. (see Star of the South Diamond). Then comes the greatest player in the diamond industry in modern history, Southern Africa, where diamonds were discovered in the mid-1860s. De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. was incorporated in 1888, which takes control of most of the diamond mines in Southern Africa, and eventually forms the Central Selling organization, that controls much of the world's trade in diamonds today (see Centenary Diamond).
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is Sponsored by Advertisers.
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to access, anywhere in the world.
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run on our website.
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Extensive
information on more than 150 famous diamonds
The history of the diamond trade also includes
well written articles on the history of the famous diamonds in the world.
Around 150 famous diamonds in the world have been treated
extensively under this section and are listed in alphabetical order
on two WebPages titled
Famous Gemstones and Diamonds.This section will be further expanded by our webmasters as
more information is gathered on other famous diamonds.
The International
Trade on Colored Gemstones
Our website also provides information on all
aspects of the colored gemstone industry in the world, such as
mining, cutting and polishing and marketing. The gemological aspects
of all colored gemstones have been extensively treated, and so are
the famous colored gemstones in the world. Famous emeralds, rubies,
sapphires, spinels and topaz totaling around 100 have already been
treated exhaustively, and we hope to expand this data base by
providing more information on other categories of
famous colored gemstones as well.
Information on
the natural and cultured pearl industries of the world
An extensive resource data base on the natural
and cultured pearl industries in the world is now being created, and
exhaustive information on around 20 famous pearls have already been
published and well received by our visitors. More pages on famous
pearls will be added as the data base is further expanded.
Incidentally, the historic pearl fishing grounds, in the Gulf of
Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka, was the hub of the
international natural pearl industry for over 4,000 years, together
with the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, and was based mainly on the
species of pearl oyster known as Pinctada radiata. Pearls that
entered the royal courts of Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt and later the
Roman, Greek and Byzantine empires originated in this region.
Subsequently, pearls from this region also entered the courts
of emperors of the Persian Empire, the Mogul Empire of India, and
the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. The South China Sea was also a source
of natural pearls based on the species Pinctada maxima, and these
pearls entered the courts of the ancient Chinese Emperors.
Gemstone and
Jewelry Galleries
We have also built up an extensive gemstone and
jewelry gallery, including photographs of rough as well as cut and
polished gemstones of all categories, including rare gemstones such
as Andalusite, Black Star Sapphire, Cobalt Spinels and Diopsides.
The jewelry gallery consists of the jewel-studded ornamental
elephant gallery, and jewelry set with abalone, agate, carnelian,
malachite, tiger eye and turquoise. The gallery will be extended
further as photographs of other categories of jewelry are also
included.
Blogs and Forums
Blogs and forums on our website help to generate
discussion among our visitors and seek solutions to problems faced
by them relevant to the industry, and thus helps to expand the
knowledge of our visitors in respect of the gem and jewelry
industry.
Our Staff/Webmasters
1)Dr Shihaan M Larif
2)Mr Lareef Samad
Important Notice:
Please note that you will have to create seperate login username and password for each of our subdomains.(eg our forums login username will not work for our social network).
This has been done for security reasons. We hope that in the near future we will be able to provide login bridges across sub-domains. Please bear with us.
