Diamond
Subtitle: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780670889730
Subjects: Corporate & Business History - General; Industries - General; Rocks & Minerals; Nature / Field Guide Books
First sentence: On the morning of May 9, 1999, on the upper reaches of the Rio Abaete in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, three garimpeiros anchored their barge in the muddy current and began to suction gravel from the river.