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When a Sapphire Was Not Yet a Sapphire: Reading...
How medieval lapidaries and treasure inventories classified blue sapphires from Ceylon, and why historical gemstone names do not map cleanly onto modern mineral identities or direct trade routes.
When a Sapphire Was Not Yet a Sapphire: Reading...
How medieval lapidaries and treasure inventories classified blue sapphires from Ceylon, and why historical gemstone names do not map cleanly onto modern mineral identities or direct trade routes.
The Emerald That Stayed in the Family: Dowry, I...
How dowry law and estate practice in Hispanic America made some emerald jewelry inheritable property, and how a later heirloom legend grew around Colombian emeralds.
The Emerald That Stayed in the Family: Dowry, I...
How dowry law and estate practice in Hispanic America made some emerald jewelry inheritable property, and how a later heirloom legend grew around Colombian emeralds.
The Inherited Stone: Green Sapphire and the Ind...
How mass-market jewelry production changed the meaning of inherited green sapphire rings, and why family tradition and gemological identification answer different historical questions.
The Inherited Stone: Green Sapphire and the Ind...
How mass-market jewelry production changed the meaning of inherited green sapphire rings, and why family tradition and gemological identification answer different historical questions.
The Stone That Changed Its Name: Demantoid Garn...
How the demantoid garnet’s modern reclassification complicates family inheritance and dowry records, and why gemstone names are historical evidence as much as scientific labels.
The Stone That Changed Its Name: Demantoid Garn...
How the demantoid garnet’s modern reclassification complicates family inheritance and dowry records, and why gemstone names are historical evidence as much as scientific labels.
When Blue Tourmaline Had No Name: Indicolite an...
How blue tourmaline was described before the modern name indicolite existed, and why historical gemstone terms based on color and source do not map cleanly onto modern mineral species.
When Blue Tourmaline Had No Name: Indicolite an...
How blue tourmaline was described before the modern name indicolite existed, and why historical gemstone terms based on color and source do not map cleanly onto modern mineral species.
Chrome Tourmaline and the Making of a Regional ...
How chrome tourmaline became a regional gemstone emblem through modern classification, East African mining and export politics rather than ancient tradition.
Chrome Tourmaline and the Making of a Regional ...
How chrome tourmaline became a regional gemstone emblem through modern classification, East African mining and export politics rather than ancient tradition.