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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] Ptolemy, the 2nd century astronomer recorded that beryl and sapphire were
Eheliyagoda is a town in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.It is located approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of Colombo.. The town is the centre of traditional gemstone mining [1] [2] and rubber plantations. [3]
Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka; Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka; Southern Development Authority of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka Accounting & Auditing Standard Monitoring Board; Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy; Sri Lanka Export Development Board; Sri Lanka Foundation Institute; Sri Lanka Institute of Advance Technical ...
Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Naleem Hajiar (4 April 1933 - 26 September 2005) was a Sri Lankan gem merchant and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Founder of Bairaha Group and known for his social service. In the height of the foreign exchange crisis in 1974, he donated foreign exchange worth Rupees 1.5 million to the Government of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation; Sri Lanka Cement Corporation; Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation; Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board; Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation; Sri Lanka Ports Authority; Sri Lanka Railway Authority; Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing Export Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation; Sri Lanka State ...
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 ...
Libellago adami, Adam's gem, is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka . Its natural habitats are streams and lowland wet zone rivers, where there is fast flowing waters exist.
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