17153

,

a natural history

Neil H. Landman ... [et al.]

H.N. Abrams in association with the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum

232 p.: ill (some col), maps (some col)

Index

Machine generated contents note: 1 Columbusʹs Pearls 13 -- 2 Natural Beginnings -- PEARL MOLLUSKS 23 -- 3 The Mechanism of Luster -- PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PEARLS 41 -- 4 Pearls in Human History -- THE EUROPEAN TRADITION 63 -- 5 Pearls in Human History -- THE NON-EUROPEAN TRADITIONS 103 -- 6 Getting Pearls -- THE HISTORY OF HARVESTING NATURAL PEARLS 131 -- 7 Making Pearls -- THE METHODS OF PERLICULTURE 153 -- 8 Saving Pearls -- THE ECOLOGY OF PEARL-PRODUCING MOLLUSKS 185.

AU Landman, Neil H joint author , joint author , joint author

QL

430.7

.P77,P43

jannati

1388/08/14

0810944952 ,

bibliographical:p. 221-222

2001