The 2,500-year
sapphire legacy,
codified for the trade.
FACETS is the year-round intelligence hub connecting international gem buyers with verified Sri Lankan mines, cutters and exporters. Direct access. Documented provenance. Enforced trade standards.
National Gem & Jewellery Authority
Every listed supplier verified against the NGJA licence register.
Featured suppliers
A working sample of the 12-strong verified network. Every member holds an active NGJA licence and has passed FACETS trade verification.
Lanka Orient Gems
Trader / Exporter · Ratnapura
Ceylon Carats
Certified Dealer · Colombo 07
Beruwala Lapidary Works
Cutter / Lapidary · Beruwala
Live sourcing intelligence
What international buyers are asking for right now
Unheated cornflower blue sapphire
- Carats
- 5.0 – 7.0 ct
- Buyer
- Switzerland
- Budget
- USD 45,000 – 60,000
Padparadscha parcel
- Carats
- 2.0 – 4.0 ct each, 8 stones
- Buyer
- Hong Kong
- Budget
- USD 80,000 – 120,000 parcel
Star sapphire cabochon
- Carats
- 10.0 ct+
- Buyer
- United States
- Budget
- USD 8,000 – 15,000
Gemmology, provenance and trade practice.
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Why Ceylon still matters.
Sri Lanka's Highland Complex has been depositing gem-quality corundum and chrysoberyl into the Ratnapura and Elahera basins for more than five hundred million years. The island has been supplying the international market continuously since Roman traders first documented Ceylon sapphires in the first century.
Today Sri Lanka accounts for roughly 85% of the world's fine blue sapphire and remains the principal source for padparadscha, cat's eye chrysoberyl, and alexandrite. FACETS exists to make that supply legible and accessible to buyers who have never set foot in Colombo.
