Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones: Diamond Histories by Marcia Pointon

Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones: Diamond Histories

Marcia Pointon

272 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business history informative slow-paced
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The king of stones, valued since antiquity for their unrivalled hardness, diamonds today are both desired and deplored. Once faceted and polished they glitter on the fingers of brides-to-be and in the ornaments of the super-rich, but their extract...

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