RIVER STONE OF INDONESIAN

THE GREEN OF WEST SUMATRA (jade RIVER dareh) One of the flagship products of Dharmasraya District, West Sumatra, is stone jewelry craft moss. This beautiful stone greenish be targeted agate hunting lovers from various places. Not only from within the country, the collector ring stone of any foreign hunt precious stones of this type of jade. Moss rock in the local dialect is called 'rock lumuik Dareh River' which is derived from Batang Hari River is known as the stone of high quality jewelry. As stone jewelry in general, stone lumuik is processed from raw stone obtained from the riverbed. Raw stone is then cut, shaped using a grinder, and finally crushed. Stones that have been smoothed are then paired as jewelry stones in rings, bracelets, necklaces, and so on. The quality and price of a stone is determined on quality lumuik sparkle, style is in the stone, and the glow that dipantulkannya. In addition to stone lumuik, Batang Hari River waterfront area is actually still have some other type of stone rings, which are distinguished by color. The stones of which is a kind of 'lime manih' (sweet orange) colored bright yellow, 'Cempaga lime manih' reddish, and 'amethyst Sumatra' purple. However, that became the target number one of Dharmasraya is lumuik stone. Lumuik stone has become the pride of the community and government Dharmasraya. 'Stone lumuik Dareh River' has become the trademark registered as an official origin Dharmasraya craft products. This jewelry stones also seemed to have become a symbol of identity for the community Dharmasraya whose function like 'identity card'. In fact, they are using a presumption arises stone jewelry lumuik surely people of Dharmasraya or person who had stopped at Dharmasraya.