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  2. Gems of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna-Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. [1] Ptolemy, the 2nd century astronomer recorded that beryl and sapphire were

  3. List of sapphires by size - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka 478.68 carats (95.736 g) Cushion Blue Anonymous owner [6] Logan Sapphire: Sri Lanka 422.99 carats (84.598 g) Cushion Blue National Museum of Natural History, Washington [7] Star of Asia: Burma 330 carats (66 g) Star Blue National Museum of Natural History, Washington [8] Star of Artaban: Sri Lanka 287 carats (57.4 g) Star Blue-violet

  4. The Star of Adam - Wikipedia

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    The Star of Adam is an oval-shaped blue star sapphire, currently the largest star sapphire in the world. [1] [2] [3] It weighs 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g; 9.9084 oz). [4]Prior to its discovery in 2015, the Black Star of Queensland, weighing 733 carats (146.6 g), was the largest star sapphire gem in the world.

  5. Logan Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    The Logan Sapphire brooch, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. The Logan Sapphire is a 422.98-carat (84.596 g) sapphire from Sri Lanka.One of the largest blue faceted sapphires in the world, it was owned by Victor Sassoon and then purchased by M. Robert Guggenheim as a gift for his wife, Rebecca Pollard Guggenheim, who donated the sapphire to the Smithsonian Institution in 1960.

  6. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka 392.52 carats Cushion Blue Anonymous owner Logan Sapphire [82] Sri Lanka 422.99 carats Cushion Blue National Museum of Natural History, Washington Queen Marie of Romania [83] Sri Lanka 478.68 carats Cushion Blue Anonymous owner Star of Adam [17] Sri Lanka, 2015 1404.49 carats Star Blue Anonymous owner Star of Bombay: Sri Lanka 182 ...

  7. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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    Serendibite was discovered in Sri Lanka by Sunil Palitha Gunasekera in 1902 and named after Serendib, the old Arabic name for Sri Lanka. Zektzerite was discovered by Bart Cannon in 1968 on Kangaroo Ridge near Washington Pass in Okanogan County, Washington, USA. The mineral was named in honor of mathematician and geologist Jack Zektzer, who ...

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