List of famous blue sapphires in the world greater than 100 carats in weight arranged in descending order of carat weights


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Name Carat weight Origin Cut/shape Present owners
1 Lone Star 9,719.50 North Carolina cabochon-star Harold Roper
2 Star of India 563.35 Sri Lanka round cabochon-star AMNH-New York
3 Blue Giant of the Orient 486.52 Sri Lanka cushion Unknown
4 Queen Marie of Romania 478.68 Sri Lanka drop-shape cushion Unknown
5 Logan Sapphire 423.00 Sri Lanka rectangular cushion NMNH-Smithsonian
6 Blue Belle of Asia 400.00 Sri Lanka unknown Previous owner Lord Naffield
7 Le Cote d’ Azur 397.095 Burma cabochon-star Unknown
8 Unnamed-Gem Authority, Sri Lanka 393.00 Sri Lanka cabochon star National Gem & Jewelry Authority-Sri Lanka
9 The King 392.75 Unknown cabochon- star Previous owner William G. William
10 Unnamed 337.66 Sri Lanka unknown Sheik Ahmad Hassan Fitaihi
11 Catherine the Great Sapphire 337.10 oval Unknown
12 Star of Asia 330.00 Burma round cabochon-star NMNH-Smithsonian
13 Star of Artaban 316.00 Sri Lanka cabochon-star NMNH-Smithsonian
14 Empress Maria’s Sapphire 260.37 Sri Lanka oval cushion State Diamond Fund Moscow
15 Loop Sapphire-1 252.00 Unknown unknown Unknown
16 Loop Sapphire-2 225.00 Unknown table-cut Unknown
17 Unnamed 206.82 Unknown oval-cushion Unknown
18 Unnamed 204.39 Unknown oval cabochon- star Unknown
19 Star of Lanka 193.39 Sri Lanka oval cabochon-star Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
20 J. P. Morgan Sapphire-1 188.00 Sri Lanka unknown AMNH-New York City
21 Star of Bombay 182.00 Sri Lanka oval cabochon-star NMNH-Smithsonian
22 J. P. Morgan Sapphire-2 158.72 Sri Lanka unknown AMNH-New York City
23 J. P. Morgan Sapphire-3 154.00 Sri Lanka unknown AMNH_New York City
24 Unnamed 152.35 Unknown round cabochon-star Former owner Duchess of Windsor
25 Ruspoli Sapphire 135.80 Unknown cuboidal Natural History Museum, Paris
26 Midnight Star Sapphire 116.75 Sri Lanka round cabochon-star AMNH-New York City
27 Blue Princess 113.72 Unknown cushion Unknown
28 Stuart Sapphire 104.00 Unknown oval British Crown Jewels
29 Star of Ceylon 101.01 Sri Lanka oval cabochon-star Private collection, Seattle
30 Bismarck Sapphire unknown Sri Lanka cushion NMNH-Smithsonian

 

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