Colombo (12 Dec 2012) – The Queen of Asia, the world’s largest corundum sapphire natural, weighed in at 310kg, was revealed on Sunday.Three months earlier, the rare gem stone was found in a Ratnapura gem mine.
It is also known as the Gem City, which lies approximately 85km from the capital Colombo.However, it was not shown to the public until Sunday at the home of its owner.
The state-run National Gem and Jewellery Authority certified this extremely valuable gem stone and is currently planning to make it available on an international marketplace.
Thilak Weerasinghe is the Chairman of National Gem and Jewellery Authority.
He stated that the stone will be subject to more testing.
There could possibly be additional clean stones within this, and it is possible to see some of them from the outside.
International gem organisations are yet to certify the precious stone.
Gem expert Chamila Suranga said that the specialty of this gem is that the gem stone is comprised of aluminum oxide, titanium, iron, and nickel.
“With the present economic situation in the country it has been decided to present this gem to the world and plans are underway to sell it at the highest amount in the international market.”
In July, the world’s largest star sapphire cluster too was found from Ratnapura.Weighing around 510 kg carats, the cluster named the “Serendipity Sapphire” was found accidentally while digging a water well.
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