Stars for ever!

Description of the pictures from left to right:

1. a big star–sapphire from Burma  2. star emerald, 10.05 cts, sold at Sotheby´s auction in Geneve in 1997  3. clear star-rose-quartz-sphere   4. plastic-covered starruby from Burma, published in > Rubies & Sapphires < ,  Hughes, 1997  5. lot of starspinel from Sri Lanka  6. star–diopsid of  240 carat, Nammakal in South-India  7. intensive star-rose-quartz, Madagascar  8. one of the biggest star-diopsides, with 570 carats, South-India  9. a blue starsapphire from Madagascar   10. brownish star-quartz from Brasil, probably irridiated   11. lot of fine star-rosequarztes from Madagascar  12. doublet of a star-quartz   13. a very fine and clear starrosequartz-sphere from Madagascar   14. sensationell superfine star-rosequartz-sphere, Madagascar