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  2. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    Sapphire is one of the two gem-varieties of corundum, the other being ruby (defined as corundum in a shade of red). Although blue is the best-known sapphire color, they occur in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless. A pinkish orange variety of sapphire is called padparadscha .

  3. Precious (film) - Wikipedia

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    Precious. (film) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri ...

  4. Push (novel) - Wikipedia

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    177 (story until 140, then class book) ISBN. 978-0-679-76675-9. Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996 [1], the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards .

  5. List of sapphires by size - Wikipedia

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    Ruspoli Sapphire: 136.9 carats (27.38 g) Stuart Sapphire: Sri Lanka 104 carats (20.8 g) Blue Tower of London: Bismarck Sapphire: Myanmar: 98.56 carats (19.712 g) Table Blue National Museum of Natural History, Washington James J. Hill Sapphire: 22.66 carats (4.532 g) Cornflower National Museum of Natural History, Washington

  6. Sophia (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), German student and anti-Nazi political activist; Sophia D. Stoddard, American educator; Sofia Tekela-Smith (born 1970), New Zealand artist; Sophie Toscan du Plantier (1957–1996), French murder victim; Sophia Wellbeloved, Irish historian, artist, and teacher

  7. Latin mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The rhyme explains the Latin near-homonym sentence "malo malo malo malo", where each is a different meaning for one of the two words "mālo" and "mălo."One of its functions is to remind students that the ablative of comparison does not employ a preposition and that the preposition typically employed with the ablative of place where is sometimes omitted (typically in verse).

  8. Sapphire (author) - Wikipedia

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    Lofton moved to New York City in 1977 and became heavily involved with poetry. She also became a member of a gay organization named United Lesbians of Color for Change Inc. She wrote, performed and eventually published her poetry during the height of the Slam Poetry movement in New York. Lofton took the name "Sapphire" because of its one-time ...

  9. Sapphire (color) - Wikipedia

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    Sapphire (color) The 423-carat (85 g) blue Logan Sapphire. Sapphire is a saturated shade of blue, referring to the gemstone of the same name. Sapphire gems most commonly occur in a range of blue shades, although they can come in many different colors. Other names for variations of the color sapphire are blue sapphire or sapphire blue, shown below.