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Burton Barr Central Library
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553.87609 L579s
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On Shelf
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553.87609 L579s
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On Shelf
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Phoenix Art Museum Affiliate Library
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QE475.J27 L48 2001
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In Library Use Only
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Summary:
"The Stone of Heaven combines original historical research, a travelogue, and investigative journalism to tell the history of Imperial Green Jade." "Imperial Green Jade, also known as jadeite, is one of the rarest stones in the world. Jadeite is worth more, carat for carat, than diamonds or rubies. Not to be confused with common opaque jade, jadeite has an astonishing green hue, more brilliant and translucent than emeralds." "For almost a thousand years, jadeite has been worshiped and ingested for its life-extending powers, as well as venerated by concubines and used in lovemaking for its erotic properties. Emperors filled their palaces with jadeite jewelry and fought battles for its possession. One eighteenth-century emperor ransomed his entire kingdom for the stone. Jadeite has lost none of its allure in the modern world, and celebrities from Marlene Dietrich to Danielle Steele have collected it."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-391) and index.
Contents:
- 1. An Emperor's Obsession
- 2. Lord of the Mines
- 3. A Jungly and Evil Place
- 4. The Palace Plunderers
- 5. 'The Far Off, the Strange, the Wonderful, the Original, the True, the Brave, the Conquered'
- 6. An Imperial Side-Show
- 7. Twilight in the Forbidden City
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- 8. Whore of the Orient
- 9. As Dead as the Moon
- 10. The New Lord of the Mines
- 11. Welcome to Jadeland
- 12. The Valley of Death
- 13. Romancing the Stone.
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