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9780275991234

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780275991234

  • ISBN10:

    0275991237

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-03-30
  • Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group
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Summary

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, kings, and the great emeralds are born, mined, smuggled, cut, and sold. It 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.

Author Biography

Diane Morgan is an Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Wilson College.

Table of Contents

The green legendp. 1
The birth of the stone in myth and in rockp. 9
From mine to "mine" : the emerald businessp. 21
Emeralds in world historyp. 43
The mystique of origins and the great emeraldsp. 75
Secrets of the emerald tradep. 141
Fake emeralds and their kin : a tale of simulation and dissimulationp. 155
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