Kandy is the last capital of Sri Lanka. Although living in the inland depths of the Indian Ocean island, Candy dug a beautiful artificial lake in the center of the city-Candy Lake. All the important buildings here are built along the lake.
Sri Lanka is a country rich in all kinds of colored gems, especially Kandy. Sapphire in Sri Lanka occupies an important position in the gem kingdom of the world. In addition to sapphire, there are tourmaline, cat's eye, spinel, topaz, garnet, amethyst, moonstone and other precious colored gems.
Kandy is famous for precious stones and various handicrafts. He visited the local gem museum in Sri Lanka. First, he watched a video about Sri Lanka's gem mining methods and gem quality classification. It turns out that more than 90% of the local land contains all kinds of gems and spar, and the most precious rubies and sapphires are concentrated in Ratnapura and other highlands. It takes at least half a year to mine gems, from digging wells to panning. After paying the manpower and material resources, it depends on luck whether you can finally dig up the strange stone. No wonder precious stones are valuable, because each one is really hard! Of course, if we can find a huge gem like Ocean Star, it will be like winning the grand prize!
The gem mining in Sri Lanka is still primitive, and the state also restricts the mining of machinery and equipment for environmental protection purposes. Unless it is an advanced mechanized mining project of sufficient scale, the mining mode under the leadership of the original mine owner is mainly seen in the mining area.