The exhibit focuses exclusively on the Black Star of Queensland. After nearly three decades, the Black Star of Queensland will once again be on display for not only the Canadian public but for tourists from all over the world visiting the Museum.”
“That this exquisite sapphire was once used as a doorstop is remarkable. "The Royal Ontario Museum is pleased to showcase the beautiful Black Star of Queensland, and tell its fascinating story,” says the ROM’s Director and CEO William Thorsell. The exhibit complements the brilliant crystalline forms of the Lee-Chin Crystal as well as keeps public interest high as the Museum and visitors await the new Teck Cominco Suite of Earth Sciences Galleries, expected to open the winter of 2008/09. The exhibit will also mark the first time the sapphire has been on public display anywhere in the world since 1969, when it was at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
This brilliant six-point star sapphire, among the largest known black sapphires in the world, will be on display from June 2 to Decemin the Samuel European Galleries’ new south link to the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal on Level 3.Īs part of the Architectural Opening and Building Dedication of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal on June 2, 2007, the ROM will present the gemstone, known as the Black Star of Queensland, to the Canadian public for the very first time. New ROM exhibit will display the enormous six-point star sapphire for the first time in nearly three decadesĭiscover the science and fascinating story surrounding the stunning Black Star of Queensland with the Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM) new exhibit, The Black Star Sapphire of Queensland.
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