Fire and blood rubies in myth, magic, and history
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Westport, Conn.
Praeger
2008
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Table of Contents:
- The conundrum of corundum
- Birth of the stone
- The heart of the matter and a matter of the heart
- Caste, color, and cost
- The mines of Myanmar and elsewhere
- The king of stones--and the stone of kings
- Magic in the stone
- Synthetic rubies, fake rubies, and no rubies at all.