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the
delong star ruby
The Delong Star Ruby resides in the Natural History Museum in New York City. Weighing 100.32 carats, it is a beautiful deep purplish red in colour, Burmese origin, and has an extremely sharp 6-rayed star effect.
The DeLong Star Ruby gets its name from Mrs. Edith Haggin de Long. She purchased
the stone in 1937 from Martin Leo Ehrmann, the renowned gem and mineral
collector and dealer, who travelled worldwide in search of rare and expensive
gems and minerals, building up a great collection of rare minerals. Mrs Edith
Haggin de Long later donated the extraordinary orchid-red star ruby to the
American Museum of Natural History and the gemstone was named the De Long Star
Ruby in her memory.
In 1964, the Delong Star Ruby was the object of an infamous burglary, carried
out by Jack Murphy, known as Murph the Surf, and two other men. It was then
ransomed and recovered. The Delong Star was found at a designated drop off site
- a phone booth in Florida.
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