Jewels : a secret history
Finlay, Victoria2007
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Uncovering the secret histories of precious stones, Victoria Finlay'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 a diamond cutter.
Main title:
Jewels : a secret history / Victoria Finlay.
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Imprint:
London : Sceptre, [2007?]
Collation:
[viii], 482 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780340830147 (pbk)
Dewey class:
553.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
343685
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