{"id":154214,"date":"2026-01-19T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=154214"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:29:30","slug":"massive-blue-rock-discovered-at-landslide-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/01\/19\/massive-blue-rock-discovered-at-landslide-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive blue rock discovered at landslide site"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/202601\/1768829484_5044575_hirunews.jpg\" alt=\"Massive+blue+rock+discovered+at+landslide+site\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Police security covers an area near the Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil in Lower Gallanthenna, Galaha, following the discovery of a large blue rock at a landslide site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities suspect the stone, weighing approximately one tonne, shifted from an upper slope to the lower grounds during landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials from the National Gem and Jewellery Authority inspected the rock yesterday afternoon (18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the authority described the find as a unique cluster of stones, they noted that a definitive identification as a gemstone is not yet possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Galaha Police OIC ordered special protection for the site after rumors of the rock emitting light drew large crowds to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team from the Gem and Jewellery Authority plans to return in the coming days for further testing, and the police guard will remain until a final determination is made regarding the stone&#8217;s value and composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Police security covers an area near the Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil in Lower Gallanthenna, Galaha, following the discovery of a large blue rock at a landslide site. Authorities suspect the stone, weighing approximately one tonne, shifted from an upper slope to the lower grounds during landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah. Officials from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154215,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154214\/revisions\/154215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}