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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1938, Page 9

With an advance warning to jewel thieves - that a burglar-proof mechanism protected the gem, the American Museum of National History placed 014' exhibition recently the Edith Haggin de Long star ruby, described as the finest and largest gem of its kind in the world. The ruby, which weighs more than 100 carats, was discovered in a mine in Burma a few years ago, and was presented to the museum by Mrs. George Bowen de Long, in whose honour the gem has been named. The gem rested in a case with the famous "Star of India." the largest known star sapphire, which weighs more than 563 carats, and the "Midnight Star," a deep purple star sapphire of 116 carats, both presented to the museum by the late J. Pierpont Morgan.