Buried Treasure: Travels Through the Jewel Box by Victoria Finlay (Hardcover, 2006)
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Amber is the tears of prehistoric trees. She reveals the wealth of human stories behind gemstones, and discovers, with the advent of synthetics, an industry on the brink of crisis. This is a narrative travelogue as fascinating as the stones themselves.
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Amber is the tears of prehistoric trees. Peridot falls to earth from space. You can grow opals in your back garden. One gem links Queen Victoria and a transvestite skeleton. Cleopatra drank a pearl to win a bet. A man has turned into a diamond. From the bestselling author of COLOUR - an intrepid journey to uncover the secret histories of precious stones. Victoria's search takes her to Egypt to find the lost emerald mines of Cleopatra, to the Australian opal fields with their underground towns, to Burma where she is spied on by the military junta, and to a secret location to meet the world's best diamond cutter. She reveals the wealth of human stories behind gemstones, and discovers, with the advent of synthetics, an industry on the brink of crisis. This is a narrative travelogue as fascinating as the stones themselves.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-139780340830123
eBay Product ID (ePID)89436259
Product Key Features
Book TitleBuried Treasure: Travels Through the Jewel Box
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicChemistry, Natural Materials, Travel Writing
TypeTextbook
AuthorVictoria Finlay
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height222 mm
Item Weight710 g
Item Width146 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorVictoria Finlay
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- 03 Nov, 2018
Plenty of reading in this fair sized tome. A thick A5 sized book. Easy to dip in and out of.
A short history and mythology of common gemstones used in fine jewellery. From Amber to Diamonds and many others in between. Nice anecdotes and stories mixed with information about the darker side such as 'conflict diamonds' and also lab created alternatives.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Aug, 2024
Very good condition, lovely, very intere...
Very good condition, lovely, very interesting book, enjoying reading it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
