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Star sapphire, a type of sapphire gemstone that exhibits a star-like reflection of light (an asterism) The Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire, a British car manufactured from 1958 to 1960; Star Sapphire (DC Comics character), the name of several fictional supervillains in DC Comics publications; Star Sapphire, a fictional character from the ...
A star sapphire is a type of sapphire that exhibits a star-like phenomenon known as asterism; red stones are known as "star rubies". Star sapphires contain intersecting needle-like inclusions following the underlying crystal structure that causes the appearance of a six-rayed "star"-shaped pattern when viewed with a single overhead light source.
The archetypal asteria is the star sapphire, generally corundum with near uniform impurities which is bluish-grey and milky or opalescent, which when lit has a star of six rays. In the red instance stellate reflection is rarer; the star- ruby occasionally found with the star-sapphire in Sri Lanka is among the most valued of "fancy stones".
However, the Verneuil process could also be used for the production of other stones, including blue sapphire, which required oxides of iron and titanium to be used in place of chromium oxide, as well as more elaborate ones, such as star sapphires, where titania (titanium dioxide) was added and the boule was kept in the heat longer, allowing ...
Star of India. The Star of India is a 563.35-carat (112.67 g) star sapphire, one of the largest such gems in the world. [1] [a] It is almost flawless and is unusual in that it has stars on both sides of the stone. The greyish-blue gem was mined in Sri Lanka [3] and is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Sapphire Origin Date Size Cut Color Location Ref Star of Adam: Sri Lanka 2015 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g) Star Blue Anonymous owner [3] Black Star of Queensland: Australia 1938 733 carats (146.6 g) Star Black Anonymous owner [4] Star of India: Sri Lanka 563.4 carats (112.68 g) Star Blue-gray American Museum of Natural History, New York [5]
The Star Sapphire won the £4,000 four-door coachwork class at the 1958 Earls Court Motor Show ahead of a Princess limousine and a Jaguar Mark IX. [12] A Star Sapphire saloon with automatic transmission was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1959. It had a top speed of 99.6 mph (160.3 km/h) and could accelerate from 0–60 mph (97 km/h ...
Linde Gas gaseus nitrogen plant. Linde PLC is a global multinational chemical company. It was created as a result of a merger in 2018 of American company Praxair and Linde AG and is domiciled in Ireland and headquartered in the United Kingdom. Linde is the world's largest industrial gas company by market share and