num_pages: 432
description: A compelling and richly textured journey to Burma into the heart of Imperial Green Jade, the rare and stunning stone more precious than diamonds, interconnects the modern story of the miners of jadeite who are dying of AIDS because they are being paid in the form of heroin with the mythology and secret history of this unusual jewel that goes back to the Burmese court. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade
titlecomplete: The Stone of Heaven: Unearthing the Secret History of Imperial Green Jade
genres: History, Science, Asia, Travel, Microhistory, Nonfiction, China
ratings_count: 137
places: Burma, Myanmar, China
publisher: Little, Brown