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Diane Morgan From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail
- Publication Name
- From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail : Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History
- Title
- From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail
- Subtitle
- Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0275991237
- EAN
- 9780275991234
- ISBN
- 9780275991234
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- Children's Learning & Education
- Release Year
- 2007
- Release Date
- 30/03/2007
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Item Weight
- 15.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Morgan discusses the origin of the emerald, its peculiar structure, and its strange allure. The story weaves across several continents and thousands of years. It is a tale of conquistadors, treachery, shipwrecks, and alchemy. Along the way, we meet scientists and kings and bear witness as the great emeralds are born, mined, smuggled, cut, and sold. The book also discusses the modern art of making synthetic emeralds. From the fastnesses of Afghanistan to the steamy jungles of Colombia and Zimbabwe, from the sands of Egypt to the bitter Urals, this is the story of a stone whose strange journey reflects the yearnings, greed, passions, and longing for beauty of the human race.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275991237
ISBN-13
9780275991234
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57202975
Product Key Features
Publication Name
From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail : Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Qe394
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"Morgan begins with legends of the green gemstone. Then she discusses how they come to be, the emerald business, their appearance in world history, the great emeralds, secrets of the trade, and fake emeralds and their kin." - Reference and Research Book News, 'Morgan traces emeralds through time in an interesting mixture of technical information and completely nontechnical to nearly rhetorical discussions. A significant portion of the work emphasizes mythic and magical aspects of emeralds and related minerals, along with people involved (or allegedly so) in the long history of this gemstone....[t]he treatment of emerald discoveries, worldwide distribution, and mining is very thorough and especially useful in its coverage of the past three decades....For those in the gem industry and nonprofessionals interested in the historical and related aspects of emeralds....General readers.'-Choice, "Morgan begins with legends of the green gemstone. Then she discusses how they come to be, the emerald business, their appearance in world history, the great emeralds, secrets of the trade, and fake emeralds and their kin." - Reference & Research Book News, "Morgan traces emeralds through time in an interesting mixture of technical information and completely nontechnical to nearly rhetorical discussions. A significant portion of the work emphasizes mythic and magical aspects of emeralds and related minerals, along with people involved (or allegedly so) in the long history of this gemstone....[t]he treatment of emerald discoveries, worldwide distribution, and mining is very thorough and especially useful in its coverage of the past three decades....For those in the gem industry and nonprofessionals interested in the historical and related aspects of emeralds....General readers." -- Choice "Morgan begins with legends of the green gemstone. Then she discusses how they come to be, the emerald business, their appearance in world history, the great emeralds, secrets of the trade, and fake emeralds and their kin." -- Reference & Research Book News, "Morgan traces emeralds through time in an interesting mixture of technical information and completely nontechnical to nearly rhetorical discussions. A significant portion of the work emphasizes mythic and magical aspects of emeralds and related minerals, along with people involved (or allegedly so) in the long history of this gemstone….[t]he treatment of emerald discoveries, worldwide distribution, and mining is very thorough and especially useful in its coverage of the past three decades….For those in the gem industry and nonprofessionals interested in the historical and related aspects of emeralds….General readers." - Choice, "Morgan traces emeralds through time in an interesting mixture of technical information and completely nontechnical to nearly rhetorical discussions. A significant portion of the work emphasizes mythic and magical aspects of emeralds and related minerals, along with people involved (or allegedly so) in the long history of this gemstone....[t]he treatment of emerald discoveries, worldwide distribution, and mining is very thorough and especially useful in its coverage of the past three decades....For those in the gem industry and nonprofessionals interested in the historical and related aspects of emeralds....General readers."- Choice
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
General, Rocks & Minerals
Lccn
2007-000068
Dewey Decimal
553.8/6
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Nature, Science
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