Sri Lankan Graphite Naturally occurring graphite is typically classified into three forms, viz; i) amorphous graphite, ii) flake graphite, and iii) vein graphite (Balas…
Logan Sapphire Logan Sapphire (Sinhala: ලෝගන් නිල් මැණික; Tamil: லோகன் நீலக்கல்) is a world-famous faceted blue sapphire discovered from Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan sap…
Star of India (gem) Star of India (Sinhala: ස්ටාර් ඔෆ් ඉන්ඩියා) is a world-famous blue star sapphire originating from Sri Lanka. . It is a light-blue gray stone of 56…
Star of Bombay Star of Bombay (Sinhala: ස්ටාර් ඔෆ් බොම්බේ) is a world-famous cabochon-cut star sapphire originating from Sri Lanka. The size, well-defined star, a…
Sri Lanka Iron Ore Deposits The high-grade basement of Sri Lanka is composed of several iron ore deposits (Cooray, 1984) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ යකඩ නිධි) . These can be groupe…
Jathika Namal Uyana | National Ironwood Garden of Sri Lanka Jathika Namal Uyana or National Ironwood Garden (Sinhala: ජාතික නාමල් උයන රෝස තිරිවාණ නිධිය) is a famous ironwood forest and a large rose quart…
Buttala Iron Ore Deposit The Buttala iron ore deposit (Sinhala: බුත්තල යකඩ නිධිය) is exposed in the village of Kukurampola, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. It is located a…