The world's largest blue star sapphire is priced at $ 100 million

Heavy gemstones record 1,404.49 carats found in a mine site in Sri Lanka.

BBC today reported that a gem assessment institute in Colombo's capital, Sri Lanka, certified 1,404.49 carats worth at least $ 100 million and could reach $ 175 million if auctioned. Armil Samoon, a leading jeweler and jeweler in Sri Lanka, confirmed it was the world's largest blue star sapphire.

Blue star sapphire weighs over 1,400 carats.(Photo: BBC).

Sri Lanka's gem industry mainly exports sapphire worth USD 103 million annually. The sapphire is called a blue star because of its characteristic trace in the middle of its surface.

"As soon as I saw it, I decided to buy it. When the stone was brought, I thought this might be the largest blue star sapphire in the world. So I ventured to buy it," the owner Anonymously shared with the BBC.

The previous record belongs to a sapphire weighing 1,395 carats. The new stone was discovered in Ratnapura in southern Sri Lanka, another place called Gem City.

The owner named the sapphire tablet as Adam Star , following Adam legend to Sri Lanka after being expelled from the Garden of Eden and living on the slopes of the mountain named Adam's Peak.