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(STARKEY) Roy E. Starkey ~ Crystal Mountains: Minerals of the Cairngorms

Author ~ Roy E. Starkey

Title ~ Crystal Mountains: Minerals of the Cairngorms

ISBN ~ 9780993018213

Publisher ~ British Mineralogy Publications

Published ~ 2014

Language ~ English

Pages ~ 178

Format ~ Paperback 

Condition ~ Used, Very Good

Large Paperback with some light wear. A comprehensive history of crystal hunters who roamed the mountains of the Cairngorms during the 18th and 19th centuries 

Categories ~ #NaturalHistory, #SocialHistory, #MineralCollectors, #Gemmologists, #Crystal, #Jewellery, #Geology, #NonFiction, #RoyEStarkey, #ISBN9780993018213

Crystal Mountains – Minerals of the Cairngorms unravels the story of Scotland’s National Gem - the cairngorm. The book encompasses the social history of the people who sought “Cairngorm Stones”, geology, mineralogy and occurrence of the gem minerals, the lapidary and jewellery trades and links with Queen Victoria. Demand from the lapidary and jewellery trade in the 1800s was such that the supply of authentic local material could not keep up, and inevitably, imported material began to be passed-off as Scottish. The book features numerous previously unpublished images of specimens from all the major public and private collections.

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