Lapidarium

Lapidarium weaves the surprising stories of the 60 most fascinating stones into a rich cultural history: from the red ground hematite pigment our cave-painting ancestors used and the mystery behind the tuff Easter Island heads, to the columbite that caused the Playstation War and the intriguing history of the cairngorm crystal ball, to the scandalous story of Flint Jack, whose forgeries still populate many museums in the UK today. Journeying from granite and old red sandstone , rocks formed deep within the Earth''s crust, to the moon rock samples that only recently revealed how Earth''s only satellite was formed, and through the realms of art, myth, geology, philosophy and power, from the Stone Age onwards, Lapidarium is a dazzling, epoch-spanning story of humanity, told through the minerals and materials that have shaped us and inspired us.

Product details

• Authors: Hettie Judah, Hettie Judah, Judah Hettie
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2022
• EAN: 9781529394948
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-9494-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 220 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / Historical Geography, History: earliest times to present day, General and world history, Historical Geography, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest