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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.
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Buried Treasure, Victoria Finlay
- Idioma
- Publicado en
- 2006
- Encuadernación
- (Tapa blanda),
- Estado del libro
- Dañado
- Precio
- 10,49 €
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- Título
- Buried Treasure
- Subtítulo
- Travels Through the Jewel Box
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Victoria Finlay
- Editorial
- Sceptre
- Publicado en
- 2006
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 482
- ISBN10
- 0340830131
- ISBN13
- 9780340830130
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Viajes, Arte, Ciencia, Gemas, Microhistoria
- Descripción
- 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.