num_pages: 288
description: From the first discovery in 1869 by a native boy in South Africa to the recent discovery in 1999 by three small-scale miners in Brazil, a fascinating foray into the enigmatic, beautiful, and obsessive world of the diamond traces the history of the much-sought-after jewel, revealing the true nature of the diamond trade and profiling the many individuals responsible for the largest diamond finds. Reprint.
language: English
title: Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
titlecomplete: Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
genres: Business, Historical, Geology, Microhistory, Natural History, Science, Nonfiction, World History, Africa, History
ratings_count: 484
publisher: Plume