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Ankarres sapphires were a type of gemstone known for their blue hue.[1] In 231 BBY,[2] while being shown around the grounds of the Valo Republic Fair by Coordinator Samera Ra-oon, Jedi Master Elzar Mann compared the shade of the sky of the Outer Rim planet Valo on a summer day to an Ankarres sapphire.[1]

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Ankarres sapphires were mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in the 2021 novel The High Republic: The Rising Storm, written by Cavan Scott for the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase I.[3] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Ankarres Sapphire was an individual gemstone which first appeared in the short story "Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM" by M. Shayne Bell, published in the 1996 anthology Tales of the Bounty Hunters.[4] The sapphire was first depicted in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided.[5]

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