Your Birthstone Book: Unearth the Secrets of Your Birthday Gem Marsh Sarah Glenn
Your Birthstone Book: Unearth the Secrets of Your Birthday Gem Marsh Sarah Glenn Learn the amazing (and sometimes magical) history of gemstones from around the world through the corresponding…
Specifikacia Your Birthstone Book: Unearth the Secrets of Your Birthday Gem Marsh Sarah Glenn
Your Birthstone Book: Unearth the Secrets of Your Birthday Gem Marsh Sarah Glenn
Learn the amazing (and sometimes magical) history of gemstones from around the world through the corresponding birthstones that represent each month of the year.Gemstones are among Earth's rarest and most beautiful creations. They are valued because they are beautiful and rare, but also because their beauty is undiminished with time. They are history's preeminent symbols of wealth and power.
This history only increases the value of these stones.What better way to teach young readers about gemstones than by focusing on the different birthstones that correspond to each month of the year? The stone that once adorned a king or maharaja, might today be set in a ring or necklace, and if not destroyed, will continue to sparkle thousands of years from now. Everyone (mostly) knows their birthstone.
But do they know the full history of these stones--where they were mined, how/why