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
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
He gazed at the crushed rose petals in her hair, at the pearl and sapphire choker at her throat, at the sparkly crimson polish on her toes.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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