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Geologically, Sri Lanka is an extremely old country. 90% of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age. Nearly all the gem formations are located in the central high-grade metamorphic terrain of the highland complex.
The Sri Lanka blue sapphire is about the most recognised and famous gem stone in the world. Among others are the ruby, spinel, topaz, zircon, tourmaline and garnet.
Residual deposits are mainly found in flood plains of rivers and streams. Ratnapura is known as the ‘City of Gems’ which has the most number of gem deposits in the country.
Many of the precious as well as semi precious gem stones are found embedded in gold as well as in silver with excellent craftsmanship in creating them.
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