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Makola South Ihala Grama Niladhari Division is a Grama Niladhari Division of the Biyagama Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District of Western Province, Sri Lanka. It has Grama Niladhari Division Code 271. Mawaramandiya are located within, nearby or associated with Makola South Ihala.
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is a nonprofit institute based in Carlsbad, California. It is dedicated to research and education in the field of gemology and the jewelry arts. [ 1 ] Founded in 1931, GIA's mission is to protect buyers and sellers of gemstones by setting and maintaining the standards used to evaluate gemstone quality.
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UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) Biyagama Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka. References
Biyagama (Sinhala: බියගම, Tamil: பியகம) is a suburb in Gampaha District, situated in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is 12 miles from Colombo. [1] A Free Trade Zone was established in Biyagama in 1985. [1] "Kaduwela" interchange of expressway is located on Biyagama to Peliyagoda road.
Malwana (Sinhala: මල්වාන Tamil: மல்வான) is a town of 36,050 (estimate as of 2011) inhabitants in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. [1] It is situated on the banks of the Kelani River, [2] 14 km north-east of Colombo. [3] It is part of the Gampaha District and Biyagama electoral division. [4]
Black star sapphire is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Tanzania, Australia, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Laos and many other countries, although supply is growing continuously exhausted, and mine yields have decreased. [2] The mines on the Thai/Cambodia border were reported to be almost exhausted of clear high-value gems by the late 1990s.
Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...