sapphire

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Tour the Smithsonian Gem Collection whenever you want with this book on the histories of the Star of Asia sapphire, the Dom Pedro Aquamarine obelisk and the Hope Diamond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Second, they replaced the standard sapphire substrate with high-purity silicon, a material foundational to the computing industry.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

The stolen items included sapphire and emerald sets once worn by Napoleon’s wives and Empress Eugénie’s diamond corsage brooch.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

The Queen, 78, was seen in a vibrant sapphire blue dress, a matching coat by Fiona Clare and hat by Philip Treacy.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

They gathered around, and she opened it, and she almost screamed when she saw the sapphire with a star in it.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut