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This year’s cache of outsize stones includes a mystical star sapphire (seen here), a bright-orange spessartite garnet, and a juicy purplish-pink spinel.
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Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
Krogstad found the gold ring with a blue star sapphire wedged in a crevice on Grytoya Island more than 20 years after the helicopter crash.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
A few months after unwitting construction workers discovered the world’s largest star sapphire cluster in a backyard in Ratnapura, a Sri Lankan gem company has shown off one of the biggest natural corundums ever found in the country.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2021
The stone was found in the gem-rich Ratnapura area where local people had previously found the world's largest star sapphire cluster in a backyard by accident.
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Reuters, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021
My something blue was a double-star sapphire ring my mother purchased in Jaipur during her travels in India.
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Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2021
That’s certainly true for one Sri Lankan gent, who accidentally unearthed the world’s largest star sapphire cluster while renovating his home in Ratnapura.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2021
The pendant with an untreated star sapphire and diamond center is detachable and the chain splits into two bracelet, circa 1930s.
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Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
Myrna Loy wearing her star sapphire engagement ring.
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Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
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First Known Use
1798, in the meaning defined above
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“Star sapphire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/star%20sapphire. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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