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Feb 05

Expensive & Popular Gemstone Couple in Corundum Family

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Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminum oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Madagascar, Greenland, East Africa, and in North America in mostly in Montana. Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and Kashmir produce large quantities of fine quality Sapphires for the world market. Sapphires are mined from alluvial deposits […]

Feb 02

Planet and Gemstones

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9 Gemstones are representing the energies of astrological planets. It is known mainly that planets affect our energy levels by planets radiational energies. The therapeutic powers that the gemstones possess help balance the planetary effects and thus enable us to deal with problems on the physical, mental and spiritual plane in a better manner. These gemstones […]

Jan 30

Ceylon Natural White Sapphire Crystal

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This is a Ceylon white sapphire crystal found from Alluvial Gem Deposit Ratnapura Sri Lanka. It is also a heating sapphire; it can be burn and turn to blue colour. Sapphire is a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminum oxide with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. Sapphire deposits are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, […]

Jan 07

9 Gemstones Nawarathna

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Navaratna is a Sanskrit compound word meaning “nine gems“. Jewelry created in this style has important cultural significance in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Navaratna is a combination of nine precious gemstones, 01. Padparadscha Sapphire or Ruby 02. Diamond or white sapphire 03. Blue Sapphire 04. Yellow Sapphire 05. Emerald or green zircon 06. Red Coral […]

Dec 20

Sunset Padparadscha with Green Sapphire

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Nice colors are a big dream when we work with gemstones. There is an unheated green sapphire and padparadscha sapphire from Sri Lanka and Madagascar. Dreams never end. When I saw both stones in the lot, I imagined. Beautiful sunset through the green forest Yellow Sapphire and Pink Sapphire can be seen in the market […]

Dec 19

Bi-color Sapphire – Wedding Stone

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Yellow and blue colors are very interesting colors in the Sapphire family. Yellow Sapphire is yellow color variety of corundum Family and called as “pushparaga“. The names derived from Sinhalese Sanskrit word. Blue Sapphire is also a very valuable and popular stone in the corundum family. When Both colors have in one stone separately, It’s […]

Dec 17

Tigers Eye Bracelets

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Tiger’s eye is a member of the quartz group, a chatoyant gemstone that is usually a metamorphic rock with a golden to red-brown color and a silky luster. It’s a silica mineral with chemical formula SiO2 ( Silicon Dioxide ). This chatoyant because of subparallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that mostly […]

Dec 09

Gemstones Cleansing by Natural Method

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When you use gemstones, You should know about Crystal cleaning. It will help you to get best results. There are a few methods to clean crystals and gemstones. 1. Cleaning and re-energizing with ocean energies 2. Cleaning and re-energizing with flowing water energies 3. Cleaning and re-energizing with earth energies 4. Cleaning and re-energizing with […]

Nov 27

Zircon Heat Treatment Part (ii) – Traditional Oxireducing

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We did zircon heat-treatment article before with traditional oxidising method. You can see that, We were able to get good yellow color from dark brownish purple zircon. In this time, We did oxireducing by using traditional method. That heating method has been using in Sri Lanka for 1000 years. Old businessmens say, their grand fathers […]

Nov 25

Traditional Gem Bearing Gravels Washing and Washing by Machines

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Mining on the island of Sri Lanka goes back at least 2000 years. We have our own heritage in the mining arena. Our island is called Gem Island & also “Ratna Dweepa” because of the large variety of gems found here. Traditional gem mining methods have been using in Sri Lanka for 2000 years. Most […]