A stunning 330-carat star sapphire called the "Star of" this continent is on display at the Smithsonian
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Star Sapphire. | Corundum | Pinterest | Star Sapphire, Stars and ...  A small blue-green star sapphire, 0.65ct What makes this one nice is its translucency. ... Very rare and stunning star Opal ..... The stone Tanzanite, named after its country of origin Tanzania, popular for its intense deep violet to blue color. ...... The famed 'Star of Asia' weighing 330 carats and purchased by the Smithsonian in.
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The World's Best Bling: 21 Amazing Jewels (Part 1)  Nov 3, 2015 ... The Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. ... This is easily one of the most stunning pieces of magic that has unfolded in the ... The total weight of diamonds in this necklace is close to 263 carats! ... The splendid Star of Asia is an enormous pure blue sapphire (330 carats) from Burma.
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G&J 1 Jan-Feb 2016 LR Pages 1 - 40 - Text Version | FlipHTML5  Jul 22, 2016 ... Gem NewsLargest blue star sapphire New MD and presidentfound in Sri Lanka ... and has named it 'The Star of and looks forward to cooperating closelyAdam', ... The previous record holder Image: BBCweighed 1,395 ct. ..... When many diamonds yellow body colour, to see if it displayed look very similar in...
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The Earth Story - Timeline | Facebook  The Star of Asia. One of the most beautiful asteriated sapphires in the world, weighing in at a whopping 330 carats, it has excellent deep blue colour and a very...
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Jeopary Questions page 2215 - PHOTOGRAPHERS - TriviaBistro.com  THE STONES: A stunning 330-carat star sapphire called the "Star of" this continent is on display at the Smithsonian  THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: It's the last...
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Famous Sapphires | Rings with Love  Although a natural stone may not always be totally perfect, its beauty can be seen in ... At a massive 563 carats, the Star of India is the largest and most famous star ... blue color that makes the Star of India sapphire such a highly valued jewel.
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Sri Lanka Gems on Stamps - Welcome to Crescent Lapidary  Though it is called Star of India, it was actually found in Sri Lanka. Star of Lanka 393 carats stone has a reputation of being the third largest Star Sapphire of...
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The Tiffany Yellow Diamond - The World of Famous Diamonds  It is believed that the Tiffany Yellow was found in either 1877 or 1878. ... the 'De Beers Mine' or the 'Kimberly Mine', 'the De Beers Mines' or 'the Kimberly Mines'. ... shows the stone set in the "Bird on the Rock" brooch, which was designed by the ... Yellow's most well-known setting, and is the setting it remains in to this day.
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Emerald  It is one of the most highly prized of all gems, as well as rare and valuable. ... variety of the beryllium aluminosilicate mineral beryl that owes its bright green color to ... and Somondoco, Bogota; these deposits were discovered in the late 1500s. ... artificially by using a process developed by Carroll F. Chatham in the 1930s.
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Star of India (gem) - Wikipedia  The Star of India is a 563.35-carat (112.67 g) star sapphire, one of the largest such gems in the world. It is almost flawless and is unusual in that it has stars on...
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The Tiffany Diamond - Tiffany & Co. For The Press  Discovered in the Kimberley diamond mine in South Africa in 1877, the ... the cutting of the diamond into a cushion-shape brilliant weighing 128.54 carats with ... Schlumberger also designed the now famous Bird on a Rock setting in which the...
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Spring 1983 Gems & Gemology - GIA  ABOUT THE COVER: Art Deco, which predominated in Europe and the United States in the. 1920s and 1930s, is perhaps the most distinctive style of jewelry to have ... These two pieces-a platinum, yellow gold, diamond, and blue sapphire ... 0 nce again the ballots for the most valuable article in the 1982 issues of Gems d.
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jeopardy/38_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Record books list the largest of these red objects as the 6,465-carat Eminent Star | a ... The painting <http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-10-27_DJ_03.jpg> seen ... two architects designed the 1935 studio 42 model of one of these for Olivetti...
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The Star of India, at 563 carats, is the largest and most famous star ...  The Star of India, at 563 carats, is the largest and most famous star sapphire in the ..... Renowned for its impressive size, intense color and sharp star, the Star of...
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Asterism (gemology) - Wikipedia  Asterism or star stone, is a name applied to the phenomenon of gemstones exhibiting a ... The typical asteria is the star sapphire, generally a bluish-grey corundum, ... asterism is due to the reflection of light from twin-lamellae or from fine tubular ... needle-like inclusions of rutile aligned perpendicular to the rays of the star.
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Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK XXXVII. THE NATURAL ...  As to schylus placing the Eridanus in Iberia, or, in other words, in Spain, and .... as the "Falernian," from its resemblance to the colour of Falernian wine; it is ...... It was probably what is called, from its radiated streaks, a fortification agate. ..... identify this with Oriental topaz or yellow corundum, a variety of the Sapphire; while...
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Tiffany Yellow Diamond - Wikipedia  The Tiffany Yellow Diamond is one of the largest yellow diamonds ever discovered; its carat weight is 287.42 carats (57.484 g) in the rough when discovered in 1878 in the Kimberley mine in South Africa, ... Country of origin, South Africa ... that this was the largest diamond on display in the U.S. The famous Hope Diamond is...
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Sapphire Quality Factors - GIA  A durable stone that's designated as a birthstone for September, it captures jewelry buyers ... Color has the most important influence on blue sapphire's value. The most highly valued blue sapphires are velvety blue to violetish blue, in medium to ... In general, the most prized colors are the same as the colors most valued in...
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Star of India | gem | Britannica.com  The polished but unfaceted gem weighs 536 carats and was found in Ceylon (now Sri ... Star of India, a large, cabochon-cut, gray-blue star sapphire, slightly oval in shape. ... Transparent to translucent, natural or synthetic variety of corundum...
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Hope Diamond - Wikipedia  The Hope Diamond is one of the most famous jewels in the world, with ownership records ... Since 1958, it has been on exhibition at Washington's National Museum of ... People typically think of the Hope Diamond as a historic gem, but this study .... Later English-speaking historians have simply called it the French Blue.
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The story of the 128-carat Tiffany Diamond: From South Africa to ...  The story of the 128-carat Tiffany Diamond: From South Africa to New York to China ... The star-studded gala included the presence of famous actress Carina Lau, who stole ... Discovered in the Kimberley diamond mines in South Africa in 1877, the .... Pacquiao will not go to Rio and try to win for the country its first ever gold.