Talk about a small fortune: Although Sri Lanka spans only 25,000 square miles, it shelters Asia’s richest density of mammal, reptile, amphibian and flowering plant species, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth. The tiny, tear-shaped island nation off India’s southeast coast also boasts an immense geographic diversity (coastlines, rain forests, mountains and
Gems in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a glittering history for its owned gems, hence this enchanted island was better known as the “Rathna Deepa” or Gem Island in ancient history. Its mineral-rich soils have been yielding seemingly a never-ending supply of high-quality precious and semi-precious gemstones. Sri Lanka has a rich history of large deposits of diverse gemstones.