Saint Edward's sapphire

Saint Edward's sapphire

gem
      rose-cut gem with a fine blue colour set in the finial cross of the imperial state crown of England. Reported to date from Edward the Confessor's coronet in 1042, it is one of the oldest gems in the British regalia.

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