The origin of the gem sometimes determines the value of the gem. The origin of the gem will be specially indicated in the identification certificate of the colored gem, which shows the importance of the origin of the gem.
You don’t have to know all the gems, but here are 10 of the most famous places you should know.
1, Myanmar Myanmar is located in Southeast Asia, the ancient intense geological activity has created its status as a rich country of gems.
Royal blue, the top fineness of sapphires, and red pigeon, the top fineness of rubies, are from Myanmar.
It is worth mentioning that the national stone of Burma is ruby.
In addition, spinel, tourmaline, olivine and other Myanmar also produced.
2, Brazil Brazil is the world’s largest producer of gemstones, the production of large and high quality gemstones, such as: crystal, tourmaline, topaz, aquamarine and emeralds and so on.
In particular, in Brazil, there is a mysterious tourmaline with electric light, Paraiba tourmaline, known as the king of tourmaline, the color of the United States, in a single carat of tens of thousands of dollars high price, still in short supply.
3. Located in the southern Indian Ocean, Madagascar is rich in animal and plant resources.
On the island, you can see precious stones of almost every color and variety: emeralds, red sapphires, beryl, tourmaline, garnet, feldspar, even opal…
One should have, although many mining areas were discovered relatively late, but does not affect Madagascar to become a new world gem important place.
Colombia has become synonymous with emeralds, producing nearly half of the world’s high-quality emeralds each year.
The GEM with full color will naturally attract a large number of jewelers, but because of Colombia’s civil unrest, social unrest, so the jewelers who come to the mining area by helicopter must be on guard at all times.
5, Tanzania If you have heard of Tanzanite, Tanzania will be no stranger.
The site in northeastern East Africa, near the Kenyan border, is the world’s only source of Tanzanite.
The quiet blue of tanzanite attracts the world, and the collectible tanzanite here, in its velvet-rich color, is called the BLO-D masterpiece.
6, Russia Russia is a vast and sparsely populated country with a vast land area and a variety of mineral deposits of colored gems.
As early as the middle of the 17th century, a great wealth of gemstones was being developed.
Malachite was discovered in 1635, followed by amethyst, beryl, toparite and deposits of agate, chalcedony and jasper.
To be clear, the alexandrite produced in Russia is very rare, regardless of color and clarity, and also the most valuable.
7. Afghanistan is rich in precious stone resources. The main mineral deposits include ruby, kyanite, garnet and lapis lazuli, among which lapis lazuli is the most famous.
In addition, there are gem-grade purple spodumene, rubies and emeralds, which are the highest quality gemstone minerals in Afghanistan.
But because of the situation inside Afghanistan, many of the minerals have not been explored and developed in detail.
8, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s gem is famous in the world, sapphire, ruby, emerald, moonstone, aquamarine, garnet and so on almost all the high and middle grade colored gems, are produced in Sri Lanka, so it is also known as the gem island.
The reason why there are such rich gemstone resources, and its special geological structure.
All over the country’s foothills, complexes, plains and hills, almost all contain rich gem resources.
Thailand is also known as the world’s capital of colored stones, rich in red sapphire.
Thailand is also rich in gems, thanks to its proximity to Myanmar and Sri Lanka, two of the world’s most important gem regions.
It IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT Thailand IS ALSO VERY outstanding in jewelry processing design, so the color gem jewelry of Thailand is sold all over the world, and is sought after by the tourists of various countries.
10, China also contains rich gem resources in China, sapphire in Shandong, Hetian jade in Xinjiang, southern red agate in Sichuan and Yunnan, etc., sea blue treasure, tourmaline, topaz, garnet and so on have also produced.
In addition, Lianyungang in Jiangsu Province is the hometown of crystal in China, with a large number of high-quality crystal production.
