The world’s biggest blue star sapphire – weighing in at 1,404.49 carats – has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka. Gemologists in Colombo say the gem is worth at least $100 million, but could sell for ...

The owner of one of the world's largest star blue sapphires is preparing to part with the stone and expects to get as much as $300 million for it. The Associated Press spoke with the owner, whom the ...

The world's largest blue star sapphire has been unearthed in a Sri Lankan mine, gem experts have claimed, according to the BBC. Experts from the Gemmological Institute of Colombo, in Sri Lanka, have ...

Sri Lanka’s City of Gems is certainly living up to its moniker. A few months after unwitting construction workers discovered the world’s largest star sapphire cluster in a backyard in Ratnapura, a Sri ...

A 3,563-carat Purple Star Sapphire, dubbed the Star of Pure Land and the largest of its kind, has been unveiled in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after being found near Ratnapura ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan gem merchant claiming to have the world’s biggest star blue sapphire is ready to sell the precious stone he says is worth at least $300 million. The Gemmological ...

The world’s largest blue star sapphire, weighing 1404.49 carats and valued at $100 million, has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka. COLOMBO: The world’s largest blue star sapphire, weighing 1404.49 ...

I was thrilled to see Sri Lanka ranked highest on the map of key ancient gem sources. It stood out as the origin of five key gemstones, surpassing India with three, while other regions had just one ...

Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world’s largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms (683 pounds), which was found in a gem pit about three months ...

The world’s biggest blue star sapphire – weighing in at 1,404.49 carats – has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka. Gemologists in Colombo say the gem is worth at least $100 million, but could sell for ...