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Hindu Mythology, History, Rubies, Hindu mythologyShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Fire and blood: rubies in myth, magic, and history
2008, Praeger
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0275993043 9780275993047
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Fire and blood: rubies in myth, magic, and history
2008, Praeger, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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0313087199 9780313087196
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Table of Contents
The conundrum of corundum
Birth of the stone
The heart of the matter and a matter of the heart
Caste, color, and cost
The mines of Myanmar and elsewhere
The king of stones
and the stone of kings
Magic in the stone
Synthetic rubies, fake rubies, and no rubies at all.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.
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