Star Sapphire & Star Ruby

These stones exhibit asterism, an optical phenomenon. When corundum forms with dense, intersecting networks of microscopic, needle-like rutile inclusions (known as silk), lapidaries cut the stone into a smooth cabochon. When a single, direct light source strikes the dome, the light reflects off the rutile needles to produce a six-rayed star that glides across the surface.

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