The 393-carat deep blue star sapphire with a well-defined 6-rayed star discovered in the 1970s from the alluvial gem deposits of Sri Lanka, is presently the…
S/N Name Carat weight Origin Cut/shape Present owners 1 Lone Star 9,719.50 North Carolina cabochon star Harold Roper 2 Star
The brooch gets its name from the Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna, the empress consort of Czar Alexander II, Emperor of Russia (1855-81), who purchased the 260.37-carat enormous Sri Lankan (Ceylon) blue sapphire at the Great London Exhibition held in 1862…
S/N Name Carat Weight Origin Cut/shape 1 Star of India 563.35 Sri lanka round-cabochon Star AMNH-New York City 2
S/N Name Carat weight Origin Cut/shape Present owners 1 Lone Star 9,719.50 North Carolina cabochon-star Harold Roper 2 Star of
Origin of name The enormous 337.10 carat “Catherine the Great’s Blue Sapphire” gets its name from the one time
It is not known exactly what inspired the name “The Lone Star” for this massive blue star sapphire weighing 9,719.5 carats, discovered in the mountains of North Carolina in June, 1989, by Harold Roper, a resident of the small hamlet of…
The enormous 478.68-carat Sri Lankan blue sapphire gets its name from the onetime owner of the gemstone Queen Marie of Romania (1875-1938), queen consort of King Ferdinand of Romania (1865-1927). The King purchased the gemstone set as a drop to a…
Origin of name What inspired the name midnight ? ©AMNH New York City The Midnight Star Sapphire is a large
Information about the “Star of Artaban” blue sapphire which is presently housed in the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, is very scarce, save…
