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George Frederick Kunz

    Questo autore ha dedicato la sua vita alla scienza e al servizio pubblico. Il suo lavoro comprendeva la mineralogia e la collezione di minerali. Fu fondatore e presidente dei Musei delle Arti Pacifiche e un importante sostenitore dell'istituzione del carato internazionale come unità di misura per le gemme preziose. Curò anche un'importante collezione di gemme presso l'American Museum of Natural History.

    The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
    • 2024

      The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      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 Within fortune-telling and for their magical properties For their astrological associations In rituals, as symbols and talismans

      The Curious Lore of Precious Stones