From Satan's crown to the holy grail [electronic resource] : emeralds in myth, magic, and history
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn :
Praeger Publishers ,
c2007
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The green legend
- 2. The birth of the stone in myth and in rock
- 3. From mine to "mine" : the emerald business
- 5. Emeralds in world history
- 6. The mystique of origins and the great emeralds
- 7. Secrets of the emerald trade
- 8. Fake emeralds and their kin : a tale of simulation and dissimulation