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Fire and blood : rubies in myth, magic, and history
- Title
- Fire and blood : rubies in myth, magic, and history / Diane Morgan.
- Author
- Morgan, Diane, 1947-
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QE394.R8 M67 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 174 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]) and index.
- Contents
- Chapter 1. The Conundrum of Corundum -- Chapter 2. Birth of the Stone -- Chapter 3. The Heart of the Matter and a Matter of the Heart -- Chapter 4. Caste, Color, and Cost: It's All Related -- Chapter 5. The Mines of Myanmar and Elsewhere -- Chapter 6. The King of Stones-and the Stone of Kings -- Chapter 7. Magic in the Stone -- Chapter 8. Synthetic Rubies, Fake Rubies, and No Rubies at All.
- ISBN
- 9780275993047 (alk. paper)
- 0275993043 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007039086
- 40014820834
- OCLC
- 166390608
- ocn166390608
- SCSB-5379687
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries