Talk:Star of India (gem)

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I have photograph that's much sharper than the current one, but don't know how to put it in. Could email it to someone though. Free of copyright, of course.--Miffopro

Someone know if the info on it's theft and recovery is true? Thanx 68.39.174.150 22:04, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Yes, the info is true. The story of the theft is related on a little placard beside the gem in the American Museum of Natural History.--Pharos 05:27, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture?

A photograph of the gem would surely benefit this article, the only question is whether cameras are permitted in the gems and minerals exhibit at AMNH. - Sedola 15:14, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

  • I think that section at AMNH is currently closed for renovation, but anyway, their general "policy", like most such institutions, is supposedly to allow photographs, but only for "personal use". A lot of folks would consider such a policy legally dubious, though, and photographs of natural objects (not museum dioramas etc.) should I think be fine for our purposes.--Pharos 06:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)


== Are you sure on the dates? ==

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I thought this stone was brought to London by a British officer and is thought to be of Sri Lankan origin. Wasn't it cut by the famous cutter Albert Ramsay in London in 1905? Either my information is confused or the dates in the article are erroneous.