star sapphire

She also excavated a few gems, including a star sapphire ring that belonged to her late father and an inexpensive metal lotus bowl that I had loved, deformed but still somehow itself.

The article quoted Thilak Weerasinghe, the chairman of the National Gem and Jewelry Authority of Sri Lanka, a government agency, as saying that it was “probably the biggest” star sapphire specimen in the world.

Sri Lankan authorities say the world's largest star sapphire cluster has been found in a backyard - by accident.

Her fur color has been compared to Baked Alaska, and Mr. Lagerfeld declared that her eyes were like star sapphires.

As a gemologist, I learned that genuine star sapphires have tiny imperfections and inclusions that reflect light perfectly, thereby forming a star in the stone.