Switzerland (Confoederetio Helvetica) is a major transit market for gems and jewellery and has been manufacturing fine jewellery. The country is famous for watches, banking and tourism.
Switzerland is flanked by France, Austria, Germany and Italy. For an area of 41,239 sq.kms. it has a population of 6.5 million. German is the majority language, French and Italian are also official languages. Euro is the unit of currency.

Colored Gemstones: Switzerland produces a number of high grade colored gemstones, notably quartz, brown quartz, sphene in many colors, yellowish garnet, jasper and staurolite. Synthetics: The country has also gained importance in production of imitation diamonds, particularly cubic zirconia, which is marketed under the name of Djevalite.