Sky Blue Stones

Sky Blue Stones

Author: Kathy Krechting

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2020-09-11

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1098026403

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What do you do when you lose something important? Do you blame others? Do you get angry? Eilee lost something important to her and now must decide how to handle the situation. Should she stand her ground or show forgiveness?


Sky Blue Stone

Sky Blue Stone

Author: Arash Khazeni

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0520958357

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This book traces the journeys of a stone across the world. From its remote point of origin in the city of Nishapur in eastern Iran, turquoise was traded through India, Central Asia, and the Near East, becoming an object of imperial exchange between the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires. Along this trail unfolds the story of turquoise--a phosphate of aluminum and copper formed in rocks below the surface of the earth--and its discovery and export as a global commodity. In the material culture and imperial regalia of early modern Islamic tributary empires moving from the steppe to the sown, turquoise was a sacred stone and a potent symbol of power projected in vivid color displays. From the empires of Islamic Eurasia, the turquoise trade reached Europe, where the stone was collected as an exotic object from the East. The Eurasian trade lasted into the nineteenth century, when the oldest mines in Iran collapsed and lost Aztec mines in the Americas reopened, unearthing more accessible sources of the stone to rival the Persian blue. Sky Blue Stone recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature.


Sky Blue Stone

Sky Blue Stone

Author: Arash Khazeni

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0520279077

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This book traces the journeys of a stone across the world. From its remote point of origin in the city of Nishapur in eastern Iran, turquoise was traded through India, Central Asia, and the Near East, becoming an object of imperial exchange between the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires. Along this trail unfolds the story of turquoise--a phosphate of aluminum and copper formed in rocks below the surface of the earth--and its discovery and export as a global commodity. In the material culture and imperial regalia of early modern Islamic tributary empires moving from the steppe to the sown, turquoise was a sacred stone and a potent symbol of power projected in vivid color displays. From the empires of Islamic Eurasia, the turquoise trade reached Europe, where the stone was collected as an exotic object from the East. The Eurasian trade lasted into the nineteenth century, when the oldest mines in Iran collapsed and lost Aztec mines in the Americas reopened, unearthing more accessible sources of the stone to rival the Persian blue. Sky Blue Stone recounts the origins, trade, and circulation of a natural object in the context of the history of Islamic Eurasia and global encounters between empire and nature.


The Book of Stones

The Book of Stones

Author: Robert Simmons

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1583949089

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Published in association with North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California.


Rock Roles: Facts, Properties, and Lore of Gemstones

Rock Roles: Facts, Properties, and Lore of Gemstones

Author: Suzanne Bettonville

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-03-25

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1257037625

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A comprehensive guide to the origin, history, properties, and lore of over 100 gemstones. Contains information about crystal healing (including a healing guide), chakras, and metaphysical properties. This book has plenty of useful information, as well as interesting trivia and little-known facts about gems. A good quick guide for the casual reader who desires to learn more about an assortment of rocks, minerals, and gems. Written by a former geology student who now runs a gem store.


Stones of the Sky

Stones of the Sky

Author: Pablo Neruda

Publisher: Kagean Book

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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Neruda assures us stones are alive as the man of decay sings his last love song.


Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters

Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters

Author: George Frederick Herbert Smith

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-06-03

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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Written by G. F. Herbert Smith, a British mineralogist who worked for the British Museum of Natural History and the discoverer of mineral paratacamite, this book is intended to teach how to recognize gemstones from diamonds to jade, through its unique characteristics based on Smith's years of experience.