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A fact from Star of Adam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the world's largest star sapphire, The Star of Adam, is valued at $100 million?

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Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I changed 'gemology institute' to 'Gemmological Institute of Colombo' as that is what is mentioned in reference [4] (I corrected that too by looking online for the exact name. There is also a Lanka Gemmological Institute.)

The same reference says that the next largest star sapphire, present whereabouts unknown, is 1395 carats, whereas the article says that the Black Star of Queensland was the previous largest 'gem-quality' at 733 carats. Is there a contradiction here or not? I don't know whether the 1395-carat stone was 'gem-quality'. Can anyone help? PhilUK (talk) 16:42, 22 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

1395 carat gemstone seems to me "not sure" news or it should be normal sapphire, not star sapphire like this. --Antan O 17:17, 22 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

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