Buried Treasure  -  Victoria Finlay

travels through the jewel box

KORTE INHOUD

this work uncovers the secret histories of precious stones.
When we put on jewels, what are we really wearing? Victoria Finlay travels across the world to tell the true stories of these miraculous oddities of nature. Her search takes her to the opal fields of Australia with their underground towns, to Scotland to find the last of the pearl fishers; through a ruby market in Burma under the eyes of the military junta, and to the Native American reserve that holds the world's biggest supply of a forgotten gem....
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