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   ocr: The 100-carat Sri Lankan stone is the largest padparadscha sapphire on public display and was a gift ofJ J. P. (Jack) Morgan, Jr. in 1926. The name is derived from a Sanskrit word for the orange-pink color of the revered lotus Nelumbo nucifera. (Photo by H. and E. Van Pelt)