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On October 29, 1964, the DeLong star ruby was one of a number of precious gems stolen in a notorious jewelry heist by Jack Roland Murphy and two accomplices. In January 1965, nine of the stolen gems, including the Star of India and the Midnight Star, were recovered in a bus depot locker; however, the DeLong ruby was not among them. [2]
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.
The Star of India - a 563-carat star sapphire, the largest of its kind in the world. The DeLong Star Ruby - a 100-carat stone discovered in Burma in the 1930s. The Patricia Emerald - a 12-sided 632-carat emerald found in Colombia in 1920, unique because it was never cut into a gem shape .
Meanwhile, Boynton leased the area that the diamond was found and under the pretext of chicken farming he built privacy fences and mined the hillside for additional diamonds. After several years of fruitless digging, he spread inferior gems in the area to attract investors for his Eagle Diamond-Mining Company. [4]
Jack Roland Murphy (May 26, 1937 – September 12, 2020), known as "Murph the Surf" or "Murf the Surf", was convicted of murder in 1969.He was also involved in the biggest jewel heist in American history, the 1964 burglary of the jewel collection of New York's American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Star of Bombay, given to Mary Pickford by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr; Star of India; Stuart Sapphire; Black Star of Queensland; Star of Adam, with a weight of 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g), it is the largest star sapphire in the world. Queen Marie of Romania Sapphire
The Star of India may refer to: Star of India (gem), one of the largest star sapphires in the world; The Star of India emblem, emblem of the British Raj, or Indian Empire Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (1861–1947), an order of chivalry associated with the Indian Empire; Star of India, a museum ship in San Diego, USA
Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. It is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration , dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest-known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization , Mesopotamia , and Egypt .