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sapphire

[saf-ahyuhr] / ˈsæf aɪər /


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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

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

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

I felt a great shower of sapphire sand as his head rose up.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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