Historical stones. Myths and reality
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The collector and geologist Vladimir Pechenkin wrote a fascinating book about precious and other historical stones. Here is the shining jasper of the Japanese emperors, which no one but the emperors themselves has the right to see. And the tombstone of Tamerlan from a dark green jade monolith, which gave rise to many legends. And the snow -white jade disk HE, in exchange for which fifteen cities were given in China. And the famous diamond "Koch-I-Nor", who visited the treasures of many eastern lords, and now decorating the crown of the English queen. And found in the Urals, and then irrevocably disappeared emerald "weighing in a pound". And the pearl of the Empress of France, who passed through the hands of the courtesan and found themselves in the belt of the murdered Russian empress. And the mountain crystal, who played the role of diamonds in the pendants of Anna of Austrian and thereby saved the honor of the queen. And the malachite, who, before becoming a valuable craftsman, was a raw material for smelting copper for hundreds of years. And much, much more in the book, in which myths fade against the background of facts
Author:
Author:Pechenkin Vladimir
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: History. Geography. Etnography
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-91678-412-1
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