sapphire
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Deb had the diamond from her engagement ring set at one end of an open circle and added a new sapphire to represent her daughter to the other end.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The color palette consists of hues commonly found in Art Deco architecture, including muted green, sapphire and ruby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
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
Researchers across all three labs followed this idea and built a tantalum-based superconducting circuit on a sapphire substrate.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025
Behind him, a boy dressed in a loose, sapphire blue pirhan-tumban followed.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The ingested loot is set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires, according to the jeweller's website, and opens to reveal an 18-carat gold miniature octopus.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Authorities are deeply concerned, however, that the jewels risk being broken down for their valuable gems, which range from hundreds of diamonds to emeralds and sapphires the size of lozenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
It has eight sapphires and 631 diamonds, according to the Louvre's website.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
The findings included nearly 1,800 gems, including rubies, topaz, sapphires and patterned gold sheets, stored inside a brick chamber.
From BBC ● May 6, 2025
We crisscrossed our paths as we circled the viewing cases, our eyes dancing over the gold and silver, the pearls and rubies and sapphires.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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