Minerals Gem & Jewellery bagged a Gold Award at the tourism excellence award ceremony organized by Western Province Tourist Board recently at Hotel Kingsbury, Colombo.
The Chief guest was Isura Dewapriya, Chief Minister of Western Province. Minerals Gem & Jewellery Store is a major tourist attraction within the Galle Fort.
Mohomed Mukthar Muhammed Izzeth the founder of Minerals Gem & Jewellery said their family started the business in the 19th century and expanded to Vietnam in 1940. “After the demise of my father, M. Izzeth we also expanded the business to Paris.”
Later on Mohomed Mukthar moved back to his ancestral business center, Galle Fort and founded Minerals Gem & Jewellery with Mohomad Naiyn Fazal Ahmed joining as a partner, who is also hailing from a gem & jewellery family. Both his parents are linked to jewellery and lapidary trade.
Elaborating on their trade Fazal said, “In Sri Lanka most of the jewellery with stones are made of 14 or 16 karat gold but we are using only 18 karat soft gold and even 18+ since we are exporting to UK.
Moreover, we use palladium instead of yellowy for making white gold jewellery.” Mineral Gem & Jewellery is currently exporting their products to high end markets such as London, Paris and Swiss. Fazal said, “It is actually encouraging to have received such a prestigious award. It adds more light to our jewellery and satisfaction to our hard work.”In addition to minerals gem & Jewellery they run the Place Vendome, Leyn Baan Villa and Cafe Hula Hula in Gall Fort.
Minerals Gem & Jewellery is moving forward as a tourist attraction not only because Sri Lankan gems are the best souvenirs for visitors to take home but because of the craftsmanship they exhibit in making finer exclusive unique designs.
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