The heartless stone : a journey through the world of diamonds, deceit, and desire / Tom Zoellner.
Zoellner, Tom.
2006
TS753 .Z64 2006 (Mapit)
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Title The heartless stone : a journey through the world of diamonds, deceit, and desire / Tom Zoellner.
Author Zoellner, Tom.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0312339690
9780312339692
Publication Details New York : St. Martins Press, 2006.
Language English
Description 293 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Call Number TS753 .Z64 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 553.8/2
Summary When he proposed to his girlfriend, Tom Zoellner gave what every American man is supposed to give at such a time, a diamond engagement ring. But when the relationship broke apart a few months before the wedding, he was left with a used diamond ring that began to haunt him. Zoellner looked harder at the stone, and the consequent fascination sent him around the world. Across fourteen nations and six continents, the empty mythology of the diamond drew him into a world in which a piece of carbon is made to breathe with the profound intimacies of our own histories.
Includes information on advertising, Angola, Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia, blood diamonds, Brazil, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, De Beers Consolidated Mines, synthetic diamonds, engagement rings, India, Japan, Jews, mining methods, Murfreesboro (Arkansas), Northwest Territories (Canada), retail pricing, smuggling, South Africa, United States, etc.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Dying stars: Central African Republic
Midnight sun: Canada - Desired results: Japan
The strong man: Brazil
The cartel: South Africa
The new era: Australia
Blood diamonds: Angola
The stone mills: India
Alchemy: Russia
The big nothing: USA.

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