Sapphire from Sri Lanka

Vivid, saturated, and durable, sapphires from Sri Lanka could be pinkish-orange Padparadscha, cornflower hued Ceylon Blue Sapphires, or anything between. Yet Ceylon Sapphires are more than what meets the eye...

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Ceylon Sapphires

While Sri Lanka is celebrated around the world for our vast range of gemstones, there is a special historical bond between Sri Lanka and its sapphires. Acclaimed around the world with the unique geographical indication of Ceylon Sapphires, sapphires from Sri Lanka are found in various colours and sizes, with the exception of the colour indigo.

Today, Sri Lanka is one of the largest sources of sapphire to the global market with over 300 gemstone suppliers and lapidaries serving the growing demand for Sri Lankan gemstones. Not only Sri Lanka is the most productive source of sapphires to the world, but we also boast of some of the oldest mines in the world, reaching as far as the Second Century AD and international trade of Ceylon Sapphires have been recorded as far as the 4th and 5th century AD.

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$298 million

in Export Revenue in 2019
300,000 people

Employed
70%

of Sri Lanka’s land mass is potentially gem bearing

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Sri Lanka Pavilion at CISMEF 2024 – China

The EDB in collaboration with the IDB proposes to organize a Sri Lanka Pavilion at 19^th China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF) in Guangzhou, China

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The 7th edition of China International Import Expo (CIIE)

The 7^th edition of China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held from 5^th to 10^th November 2024 at the National Exhibition & Convention Center, Shanghai, China. The EDB in collaboration with Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing and Sri Lanka Consulate General in Shanghai, China is making arrangements to organize Sri Lanka’s participation at the 7^th CIIE-2024.

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Ceylon Blue Sapphire

While sapphires account for 85% of the 130 precious gemstone varieties mined in Sri Lanka, none of the Ceylon Sapphire varieties is as popular around the world as the Ceylon Blue Sapphire, gem corundum that displays a celebrated shade of blue comparable with the hue of Cornflowers. Widely identified for its characteristic lighter and brighter blue, Ceylon Blue Sapphires were traded around the world as far as the 2nd Century A.D.

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Padparadscha sapphire or Padmaraga

Historically known as the rarest and the most valuable corundums found in Sri Lanka, the Padparadscha sapphire, features a delicate combination of pink and orange, a hue in between a ruby and a yellow sapphire, resembling the tips of a new lotus flower at the dawn, the name derives from the Sanskrit term padmaraga for lotus blossom.

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Sri Lanka’s Competitive Advantage

Sri Lanka’s gem and jewellery value chain had been nurtured and fine-tuned for centuries with each generation adding to the collective knowledge and skills in gemstone mining, cutting, trading, jewellery manufacturing. Today our centuries-old tradition and reputation as a coloured gemstone mining, trading, and cutting hub converge with the technologies, skill sets, and strategies of the global market, providing Sri Lanka with a competitive edge over the other gem-trading countries.

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