Our family has been in the Gem and Jewelry trade
for over four generations. Our company is licensed with the
National Gem and Jewellery Authority of Sri Lanka.
The source of our Gem stones
are from mines in the traditional Gem mining districts of Ratnapura (City of
Gems) Elahera, Pelmadulla, Rakwana, Eheliyagoda, Deniyaya Morawaka ,Okkanpitiya
and the recently discovered mines at Kantale, Horana, Ragala, Bogawantalawa and
Hatton.
We also travel to major gem producing areas of the world in search of
high quality facetable rough gem stones.
We also import high grade facetable gem
stones from many countries.
These countries
include:
Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tajikistan (indirectly) through
Pakistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Australia, China, Vitenam,
Thailand , Burma (Myammar) , India, South America (Indirectly), Zambia, Tanzania
and Nigeria.
Sri Lanka has been in the international gem trade for several centuries and gem
mining has
been taking place for over a thousand years. The technical know-how of the trade
such as
identification of rough gem stones, cutting and polishing of gem stones has been
faithfully passed down
from generation to generation, and we are fortunate to be the proud recipients
of such an ancient heritage.
We have combined
this
valuable ancient knowledge with modern scientific advancements in Gemmology. All
our gem stones are 100% natural products free of any form of
treatment. We specialize on Gem Stones from Sri Lanka. We also have a wide
knowledge on the Metaphysical properties of Gem stones.
Our gem lapidary with state of the art equipment is situated in Galle, one of the
ancient centers of gem faceting and gem polishing industry. The traditional hand operated gem
lapidary machines
have now been replaced by modern mechanically operated gem lapidary machines.
Galle is also an ancient centre of the hand made jewelry industry and large concentrations of
jewelry craftsmen are settled in and around the city even up to this day. If
Ratnapura is known as the Gem City of Sri Lanka, Galle can be referred to as the Jeweler's city of
Sri Lanka.
