From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail: Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History

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Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007 - 180 pages

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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Table des matières

6 Secrets of the Emerald Trade
141
A Tale of Simulation and Dissimulation
155
Selected Bibliography
173
Index
175
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À propos de l'auteur (2007)

Diane Morgan is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religion and author of fourteen books including The Buddhist Experience in America (Greenwood, 2004).

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