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The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

A Compendium of Gemstone Folklore, Superstitions and Mysticism

By: George Frederick Kunz

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The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

A Compendium of Gemstone Folklore, Superstitions and Mysticism

By: George Frederick Kunz

Discover the magical and practical properties of gemstones with this classic work by America's first professional gemologist, George Frederick Kunz. Drawing on his wide-ranging research into the occult and magical properties of gemstones, George Frederick Kunz produced a treasure trove of a book that covers ideas about precious and semi-precious stones from around the world. With tables of correspondences and sections on scrying and astrological uses of stones, omens regarding certain stones, and how gemstones were seen historically around the globe, this is a fascinating work of impressive scope. Learn about the history of gemstones and how they have been used: • Within fortune-telling and for their magical properties • For their astrological associations • In rituals, as symbols and talismans

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Arcturus Publishing

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1398847151

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9781398847156

Shakespeare and Precious Stones (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

By: George Frederick Kunz

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By: George Frederick Kunz

George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932) was an American mineralogist who had an active life dedicated to science and public service. He began an interest in minerals at a very young age. By his teens, he had amassed a collection of over four thousand items, which he sold for four hundred dollars to the University of Minnesota. He gained much notoriety for identifying a new variety of the mineral spodumene which was named "Kunzite" in his honor. He was a member of the Mineralogical Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences (of which he was once a vice president), the New York Mineralogical Club, the American Scenic and Preservation Society (for which he served as president), the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (of which he was once a vice president), and many other cultural, scientific, and naturalist organizations. Kunz had an active life dedicated to science and public service.

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1406536563

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9781406536560

Petrified Forest National Park

A Wilderness Bound in Time

By: George M. Lubick

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Petrified Forest National Park

A Wilderness Bound in Time

By: George M. Lubick

Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon--a few American national parks enjoy amusement-park status, eclipsing many other beautiful and significant parks due to their heavy political support and spectacular sights. Visitors to Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona can escape from the litter, snack bars, and crowds of the recreational parks to a 200-million-year-old ecosystem locked in stone. Enhanced by the unrivaled, colorful beauty of the adjacent Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park has captivated visitors since the area was discovered by early explorers. The history of the huge fossilized forest parallels that of Arizona. It was discovered and looted by adventurers and largely ignored by the government until President Theodore Roosevelt made it a national monument in 1906. The forest's location along Route 66 brought a large number of visitors during the time it enjoyed only monument status, but lack of funding for protection allowed much damage and theft of fossilized wood. Petrified Forest National Park: A Wilderness Bound in Time speeds the reader on an ancient ecological journey, from the time of dinosaurs to the discovery of their Triassic fossils and on through a century of political maneuvering to create a place for the forest in American history. George Lubick describes how a dedicated few understood the environmental importance as well as the unique beauty of the park's Triassic Chinle Formation and the Painted Desert. Nearly a million people "visit the Triassic" annually; this environmental history of the ancient forest is important for those who know the park as well as those interested in natural America. Petrified Forest National Park is one of the few complete histories of any national park, a well-told, balanced treatment of the environmental, political, and historical factors that shape America's natural history.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816516294

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9780816516292

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

A Compendium of Gemstone Folklore, Superstitions and Mysticism

By: George Frederick Kunz

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A Compendium of Gemstone Folklore, Superstitions and Mysticism

By: George Frederick Kunz

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America's Man in Korea

The Private Letters of George C. Foulk, 1884-1887

By: George Clayton Foulk

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America's Man in Korea

The Private Letters of George C. Foulk, 1884-1887

By: George Clayton Foulk

America's Man in Korea is the story of America's initial involvement in Korea as told through the private family letters of U.S. Navy ensign George Clayton Foulk, Washington's representative in Seoul in the mid-1880s. "The Hermit Kingdom," as Korea was known, was no ordinary diplomatic posting at this time. Emerging from centuries of self-imposed isolation, Korea was struggling to establish itself as an independent nation amid the imperial rivalries of China, Japan, England, and Russia; anti-foreign violence remained a simmering threat; the Korean government was a hotbed of intrigue and factional strife, its monarch King Kojong casting about for help. Foulk, fluent in Korean and the foremost western expert on the country, was an astute observer of this country's transformation. In his private letters, published here for the first time, Foulk recounts his struggle to represent the U.S. and to help Korea in the face of State Department indifference.

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Lexington Books

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0739120980

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9780739120989

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The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

Shakespeare and Precious Stones (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Shakespeare and Precious Stones (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

America's Man in Korea

America's Man in Korea

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