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   ocr: 2 StarofI India - - - - - FORMED SOME TWO BILLION YEARS AGO, THE STAR OF India, at 563 carats, is the largest and most famous blue star sapphire in the world. It was probably discovered more than three hundred years ago in Sri Lanka, where excellent sapphires are still to be found in deposits of sand and gravel left by ancient rivers. Industrialist and financier J. P Morgan, a founding patron of the American Museum of Natural History, presented the sapphire to the Museum in 1900. Today, the Star of India is priceless, one of the most renowned objects in 14 3333333XX1AMMAMANALBAADANAAA3U4440411 ...