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Buried Treasure

Travels Through the Jewel Box

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  • 482 strony
  • 17 godzin czytania

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An intrepid journey to uncover the secret histories of precious stones. Victoria's search takes her to Egypt to find the lost emerald mines of Cleopatra, to the Australian opal fields with their underground towns, to Burma where she is spied on by the military junta, and to a secret location to meet the world's best diamond cutter. She reveals the wealth of human stories behind gemstones, and discovers, with the advent of synthetics, an industry on the brink of crisis.

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Buried Treasure, Victoria Finlay

Język
Rok wydania
2006
Oprawa
(miękka),
Stan książki
Uszkodzony
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39,90 zł

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Tytuł
Buried Treasure
Podtytuł
Travels Through the Jewel Box
Język
angielski
Wydawca
Sceptre
Rok wydania
2006
Oprawa
miękka
Liczba stron
482
ISBN10
0340830131
ISBN13
9780340830130
Seria
Ocena
4 z 5
Opis
An intrepid journey to uncover the secret histories of precious stones. Victoria's search takes her to Egypt to find the lost emerald mines of Cleopatra, to the Australian opal fields with their underground towns, to Burma where she is spied on by the military junta, and to a secret location to meet the world's best diamond cutter. She reveals the wealth of human stories behind gemstones, and discovers, with the advent of synthetics, an industry on the brink of crisis.