Batu Lumuik Sungai Dareh – A Beautiful Gemstone from Dharmasraya

One of main product from Dharmasraya, West Sumatra is beutiful a stone. A Beautiful greenishstone named Batu Lumuik Sungai Dareh. This stone is came from the Batang Hari river and known as high quality gemstone.

Likeany other gemstone, Batu Lumuik is processed from raw stone obtained from the riverbed. Raw stone is then cut, shaped using a grinder, and finally crushed. Stone that has been smoothed stonesare then paired as jewelry in rings, bracelets, necklaces, and so on.

Besides Batu Lumuik, this region have other beautiful gemstone, which are distinguished by color. The stones of which are kind of “Limau Manih”or in Minang mean sweet orange with the color lights up yellow, the reddish“Cempaga Limau Manih”, and “Kecubung Sumatra” ofcourse with the color purple.

Batu Lumuik has become the pride of Dharmasraya. Batu Lumuik Sungai Dareh has become a trademark that is registered as the official origin Dharmasraya craft products. These gemstones also seemed to have become a symbol of identity for the people who function like Dharmasraya “ID card”. In fact, the assumption appears they are using stone jewelry must lumuik people of Dharmasraya or people who have stopped in Dharmasraya.