 Taaffeite, 10 carats! |
 Sapphire Color Suite |
 See Spot Sit! |
 "Sriani" |
 Pink Sapphire |
 Pink Lightning! |
 Padparadscha |
 Padparadscha |
 Local miner at work |
Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye |
Bringin'em Back Alive! |
Natural Blue Sapphire |
Blue Star Sapphire |
 Hessonite Garnet |
Rhodalite Garnet |
 Chrysoberyl & Host |
 Natural Blue Pair |
 Chrysoberyl Crystals |
 Sapphire Crystal |
 Sapphire Crystals |
 Taaffeite |
 Yellow Sapphire |
 Sapphirine |
 Sinhalite |
 Sapphire Suite |
 Spinel |
 Rough Spinel |
 Only 82 carats! |
 26 carats! |
Handful of Rocks! |
 Sapphire crystals |
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 Aqua Marine |
 Cleaned "illam" |
 Green Zircon |
Local miner at work |
 Local miner at work |
 Washing the "illam" |
 Local mining |
 Blue Fire mining ops |
 Gemming in the jungle |
 Gem sorting table |
 Okkampitiya |
 Local Village Market |
 Goods to Market |
 Old Time Gem Dealers |
 Jungle Farming Hut |
 Vintage, 1957 |
 Local Transport |
 Living Room at "Sriani" |
 "Sriani" Veranda |
 Details at "Sriani" |
 Footpath to "Sriani" |
 Driveway to "Sriani" |
 Details at "Sriani" |
 Main Entrance |
 Details at "Sriani" |
 View from Dambulla Cave |
 The Aukana Buddha |
 The "Sriani" Crew |
 Aligning the gem |
 Gem Grinding |
 Gem Grinding |
 Local Heat Treating |
 Aligning the gem |
 Aligning the gem |
 Downtown Ratnapura |
 Gem Grinding |
 Light on the subject. |
