This book relates the natural, mythical, and social history of the emerald.
Diane Morgan is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religion and author of fourteen books including The Buddhist Experience in America (Greenwood, 2004).
Morgan traces emeralds through time in an interesting mixture of
technical information and completely nontechnical to nearly
rhetorical discussions. A significant portion of the work
emphasizes mythic and magical aspects of emeralds and related
minerals, along with people involved (or allegedly so) in the long
history of this gemstone….[t]he treatment of emerald discoveries,
worldwide distribution, and mining is very thorough and especially
useful in its coverage of the past three decades….For those in the
gem industry and nonprofessionals interested in the historical and
related aspects of emeralds….General readers.
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Morgan begins with legends of the green gemstone. Then she
discusses how they come to be, the emerald business, their
appearance in world history, the great emeralds, secrets of the
trade, and fake emeralds and their kin.
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