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Sri Lanka’s gem industry has a very long and colorful history. Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna-Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. [1]
The type locality is Eheliyagoda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, [2] where it was first described in 1955 by F. L. D. Ekanayake, a Sri Lankan scientist, [5] [6] and it is named after him. [5] In Sri Lanka the mineral specimens occur as detrital pebbles.
Geuda (ගෙවුඩ, pronounced gay-yoo-dah [needs IPA]) is a form of the mineral corundum, or sapphire, found primarily in Sri Lanka. Around 70%-80% of gems mined in Sri Lanka belong to geuda varieties. Because of its semitransparent and milky appearance due to rutile inclusions, these stones have little value as gemstones in their natural ...
The era in which King Parákramabáhu VI (1412–1467)—who was the last native sovereign to unify all of Sri Lanka under one rule—was ruling the Kingdom of Kotte is well known as the golden era of Sinhala poetry.
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Motherland) is a weekly Sinhala language newspaper that publishes news, ... articles, and features related to Sri Lanka. [1] [2] ... Text is available under the ...
The Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මිත්ර විභූෂණ, Decoration of Sri Lankan Friendship) is a Sri Lankan honour, for Heads of State and Heads of Government with which Sri Lanka has friendly relations "in appreciation of their friendship towards and solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka".