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  2. New York City Department of Education - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (more commonly known as New York City Public Schools) is the largest school system in the United States (and among the largest in the world), with ...

  3. List of sapphires by size - Wikipedia

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    Ruspoli Sapphire: 136.9 carats (27.38 g) [11] Stuart Sapphire: Sri Lanka 104 carats (20.8 g) Blue Tower of London [12] Bismarck Sapphire: Myanmar: 98.56 carats (19.712 g) Table Blue National Museum of Natural History, Washington [13] James J. Hill Sapphire: 22.66 carats (4.532 g) Cornflower National Museum of Natural History, Washington [14]

  4. Star of India (gem) - Wikipedia

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    Star of India. The Star of India is a 563.35- carat (112.67 g) star sapphire, one of the largest such gems in the world. [1][a] It is almost flawless and is unusual in that it has stars on both sides of the stone. The greyish-blue gem was mined in Sri Lanka [3] and is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

  5. Angry black woman - Wikipedia

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    Angry black woman. The angry black woman stereotype is a racial stereotype of Black American women as pugnacious, poorly mannered, and aggressive. [1] Among stereotypes of groups within the United States, the angry black woman stereotype is less studied by researchers than the Mammy and Jezebel archetypes. [2][3] Carolyn West categorizes the ...

  6. 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, it occurs in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless. A pinkish orange variety of sapphire is called padparadscha.

  7. The Star of Adam - Wikipedia

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    The Star of Adam is an oval-shaped blue star sapphire, currently the largest star sapphire in the world. [1] [2] [3] It weighs 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g; 9.9084 oz). [4]Prior to its discovery in 2015, the Black Star of Queensland, weighing 733 carats (146.6 g), was the largest star sapphire gem in the world.

  8. Asterism (gemology) - Wikipedia

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    A purple-pink star sapphire displaying asterism in a platinum ring. An asterism (from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) 'star' and -ism) is a star-shaped concentration of light reflected or refracted from a gemstone. It can appear when a suitable stone is cut en cabochon (i.e. shaped and polished, not faceted). A gemstone that exhibits this ...

  9. School of the Future (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.sof.edu. School of the Future is a public secondary school located at 127 East 22nd Street at Lexington Avenue, in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It serves grades 6 through 12 as a part of the New York City Department of Education, and accepts students from around the entire city.