Category Archives: Sapphire

St. Edward’s Sapphire

Origin of name The St. Edward’s Sapphire gets its name from Edward the Confessor, the king of England from 1042 – 1066, in whose coronet or ring the fine blue, rose-cut gem was once mounted, and is presently set on the finial cross of the Imperial State Crown of Great Britain. Edward was well renowned […]

Stuart Sapphire

Origin of name

The Stuart Sapphire gets its name from the House of Stuarts, the Royal House of Scotland from 1371, and of England from 1603 to 1714 except for a short period of interruption between 1649 and 1660, during the republican commonwealth. The…

Logan Blue Sapphire

Origin of name

The Logan Blue Sapphire gets its name from Mrs. John A. Logan in whose honor the stone has been named after she donated it in 1960 to the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C.

Blue Star Sapphire

Blue Star Sapphire Gallery Please place the cursor of the mouse over the image to view the image title You may click on the image for a larger view Back to Gemstone Gallery

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