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Search Location   All Locations California Colombo Ohio Category   All Categories Alexandrite Alexandrite Catseye Amethyst Ametrine Andalucite Apatite Apatite Cat's Eye Aquamarine Aquamarine Cat's Eye Bargain Lots Beryl Chrysoberyl Chrysoberyl Catseye Chrysoberyl Stars Citrine Cobalt Spinel Crystals Diopside Diopside Cat's Eye Diopside Stars Enstatite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Garnet Color Change Garnet Grossular Garnet Hessonite Garnet Rhodolite Garnet Spessartine Garnet Star Garnet Tsavorite Investment Gems Iolite Konerupine Kunzite Kyanite Lime Citrine Moonstone Mystic Topaz Opal Padparasha Pairs Peridot Quartz Quartz Catseye Quartz Stars Rare Gems & Minerals Ruby Ruby Star Rutile Sapphire Blue Sapphire Cats Eye Sapphire Green Sapphire Lavender Sapphire Other Sapphire Pink Sapphire Purple Sapphire White Sapphire Yellow Scapolite Scheelite Silimanite Silimanite Catseye Sinhalite Special Cut Gems Sphene Spinel Spinel Star StarSapphire Taaffeite Topaz Topaz Catseye Tourmaline Tourmaline Bi-Color Tourmaline Chrome Tourmaline Col/Chg Zircon       Alexandrite Enstatite Opal Scapolite Alexandrite Catseye Feldspar Padparasha Silimanite Catseye Amethyst Fluorite Peridot Sinhalite Ametrine Garnet Quartz Sphene Andalucite Garnet Color Change Quartz Catseye Spinel Apatite Garnet Grossular Quartz Stars Spinel Star Apatite Cat's Eye Garnet Hessonite Ruby Star Sapphire Aquamarine Garnet Rhodolite Ruby Star Taaffeite Aquamarine Cat's Eye Garnet Spessartine Rutile Topaz Beryl Garnet Star Sapphire Blue Topaz Catseye Chrysoberyl Garnet Tsavorite Sapphire Cats Eye Tourmaline Chrysoberyl Catseye Iolite Sapphire Green Tourmaline Bi-Color Chrysoberyl Stars Konerupine Sapphire Lavender Tourmaline Col/Chg Citrine Kunzite Sapphire Other Zircon Cobalt Spinel Kyanite Sapphire Pink     Diopside Lime Citrine Sapphire Purple     Diopside Cat's Eye Moonstone Sapphire White     Diopside Stars Mystic Topaz Sapphire Yellow       Sapphires that display asterism are known as "stars" in the trade. They may occur in almost any color. The star is a result of the light reflecting off of the silky crystallizations of rutile inside the stone. Gemological Information Color : Blue, Green Blue, Violet, Blue, Black, Brown, Pink. Refractive Index: 1.759-1.778 Chemical Composition: AL2O3 Hardness: 9 Density: 4.00 Crystal Group: Hexagonal Ocurrence: Sri Lanka, Burma, India, East Africa, Ankarana-Madagascar, Thailand. Sri Lanka star sapphires display excellent asterism. The stars will look like best in sunlight or under a spotlight. A great stone for a man's or women's ring, natural star sapphires are never clean. It is the silk inside them that accounts for the asterism and clean stars do not exist. Ceylon produces limited quantities of fine blue stars   453/1 HAVELOCK ROAD, COLOMBO 06, SRI LANKA. TEL - +94 11 4527760, 5052185, 5050232 FAX - 2588912 Email : crescent@cresla.com