BOOKS - POPULAR SCIENCE - Путешествия в тропики за самоцветами. Человек и окружающая ...
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Путешествия в тропики за самоцветами. Человек и окружающая среда
Year: 1992
Number of pages: 224
Format: DJVU | PDF
File size: 31 MB
Number of pages: 224
Format: DJVU | PDF
File size: 31 MB
The book is a series of essays on trips to the most outstanding deposits of gems in the world. Visits to the unique developments of the emeralds of Colombia, the ancient emerald mines of Queen Cleopatra in Egypt, placers of ruby, sapphire and chrysoberyl of Burma, South India and Sri Lanka, gem deposits in Madagascar and Tanzania, gold washing in the jungles of Suriname and the extraction of noble corals in the Hawaiian Islands are described. The essays characterize the exotic nature of the areas visited, the difficult conditions for the extraction of gems, and also discuss the impressions of meetings with people mining colored stones, emphasize the natural beauty of gems and its significance for humans. For a wide range of readers.
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