Fire and blood
Subtitle: rubies in myth, magic, and history
By: Diane Morgan
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780275993047
Subjects: Rubies; Rubies -- History; Mythology, Hindu; Mythology, Hindu -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]) and index
Table of contents: title: The conundrum of corundum; title: Birth of the stone; title: The heart of the matter and a matter of the heart; title: Caste, color, and cost; title: The mines of Myanmar and elsewhere; title: The king of stones; title: and the stone of kings; title: Magic in the stone; title: Synthetic rubies, fake rubies, and no rubies at all