Gordon Star Sapphire and Gordon Sapphire Necklace
Origin of Name The “Gordon Star Sapphire” and the “Gordon Sapphire” are two different blue sapphires weighing 52 carats and […]
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List of Blue Sapphires Excluding Blue Star Sapphires Greater than 100-carats in weight
S/N Name Carat weight Origin Cut/shape Present owners 1 Blue Giant of the Orient 486.52 Sri Lanka cushion Unknown 2
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“Blue Belle of Asia” Sapphire
Origin of name The name “Blue Belle of Asia” seem to reflect both the quality and the region of origin
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Star of Lanka Sapphire
Origin of name
The name reflects the type of gemstone and country of origin
The name “Star of Lanka” reflects both the type of gemstone and its country of origin. The gemstone is a blue star sapphire with a distinct six-rayed…
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Unnamed 393-carat Sri Lankan Blue Star Sapphire
Origin of Name
The 393-carat blue star sapphire remained unnamed until recently
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…
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Famous Blue Star Sapphires Greater than 100 carats in Weight
S/N Name Carat weight Origin Cut/shape Present owners 1 Lone Star 9,719.50 North Carolina cabochon star Harold Roper 2 Star
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Empress Maria Alexandrovna Sapphire Brooch
Origin of name
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…
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List of famous Sri Lankan blue sapphires greater than 100 carats in weight arranged in descending order of carat weights
S/N Name Carat Weight Origin Cut/shape 1 Star of India 563.35 Sri lanka round-cabochon Star AMNH-New York City 2
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Catherine the Great’s Sapphire
Origin of name The enormous 337.10 carat “Catherine the Great’s Blue Sapphire” gets its name from the one time
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“The Lone Star”- Blue Sapphire
Origin of name
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…