Saturday, July 9, 2016

Brillance and Fire

Author: Rachelle Bergstein
Stars: 4
Review by: Mandy Apgar


A cultural history of man's fascination with diamonds - their mining, famous stones, and famous owners / profiteers. Problems with "blood diamonds" and conflict free stones are discussed pages past the Hope Diamond, Elizabeth Taylor's passion for the biggest and grandest stones, and the lengths and methods companies like DeBeers and others have used to manipulate the industry (create fads and trends, drive up prices, lovely irritating things like that).

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