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

Informationen zum Autor Diane Morgan is Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Wilson College. Author of more than 30 books, she is a three-time winner of the Maxwell Award for excellence in writing on pet care. She is the author of Fire and Blood: Rubies in Myth, Magic, and History (Praeger, 2007), From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail: Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History (Praeger, 2007), and The Buddhist Experience in America (Greenwood, 2004). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Morgan discusses the origin of the emerald! its peculiar structure! and its strange allure.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Morgan, Morgan Diane
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2007
• EAN: 9780275991234
• ISBN: 978-0-275-99123-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy, Social and cultural history, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Chemistry of minerals, crystals and gems, Mineralogy & Gems, Geology & The Lithosphere, Current Events and Issues: Education