Stone of the Month of September Sapphire

Probably the most prized star sapphire in the world is the Star of India. It weighs 563 carats,is bigger than a golf ball,was mined in Sri Lanka, and was presented to the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 1900.
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Stone of the Month of September Sapphire

Sapphires tend to grow naturally as six-sided prisms,and when the needles follow the three principal axes of the crystal kensujewelry.com, a star is born. The phenomenon is called "asterism."
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stories of the stone sapphire

In many cultures star-stones(sapphires) were thought to be love charms kensujewelry.com. Helen of Troy was said to have owned one-and to have owed her conquests to it.
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Stone of the Month of September Sapphire

According to the Greek legend, the world's first ring contained a blue sapphire.It was worn by the impetuous Prometheus, who stole the secret of the fire from the gods.
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