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Pearls, a natural history, Neil H. Landman [and others]

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Pearls, a natural history, Neil H. Landman [and others]
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222)
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mapsillustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Pearls
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
45845440
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Neil H. Landman [and others]
Review
"Pearls are unique among gemstones. Complete as they are found, they require no faceting or shaping to bring out their beauty and luster. Perhaps because of their origin and radiance, pearls have fascinated people from the time they were first found in artifacts in Mesopotamia (c. 2300 B.C.E.), until the present. Rich with new color photography and archival images, Pearls: A Natural History chronicles this enduring obsession. Based on an exhibition mounted by the American Museum of Natural History in New York and The Field Museum in Chicago, Pearls combines science, history, and beautiful objects both natural and crafted. The authors draw on their varied disciplines to explore all aspects of pearls - biology, gemology, anthropology, mineralogy, ecology, and the decorative arts."--Jacket
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a natural history
Table Of Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Columbus's pearls -- Natural beginnings : pearl mollusks -- The mechanism of luster : physical, chemical, and optical properties of pearls -- Pearls in human history : the European tradition -- Pearls in human history : the non-European tradition -- Getting pearls : the history of harvesting natural pearls -- Making pearls : the methods of perliculture -- Saving pearls : the ecology of pearl-producing mollusks
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