star sapphire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of star sapphire
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025
Feet away from the diamond tiara that Madonna wore during her wedding to Guy Ritchie and an 888.88-carat $5-million star sapphire named after Angelina Jolie, she presented gallery manager Joseph Barrios with the now-infamous ring.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022
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.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021
Sri Lankan authorities say the world's largest star sapphire cluster has been found in a backyard - by accident.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021
It was a present he was about to give his wife, a white satin box containing a star sapphire cocktail ring.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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