{"product_id":"9781462800964","title":"Tales of Jewels and Precious Metals","description":"The Diamond - The Holocaust Diamonds -This is a powerful story based on truth, but names and locales are changed. No one had heard of these diamonds and where they ended up. Exceptionally intriguing and tragic and the ending is interesting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Sapphire - The Peacock’s Eye –Quite a saga about a Rajah and one of his many concubines. She has a great fascination with the Peacock’s Eye Star Sapphire, steals it, goes on a remarkable journey and the ending is shocking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Ruby - The Dragon Ruby of Rajah Binoor –Most interesting story of the ruby, where it was found, who found it and what happened to it. The ending is delightful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Amber – Trapped in Time –A personal story of mine and what I found in a piece of amber. Absolutely fascinating and lovely. A really good fairy tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Emerald – The Emperor’s Egg –The Emperor’s Egg belonged to one of the great Emperors of Peru. Where and how it was found and the mystery surrounding its disappearance. Full of adventure and strange customs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Pearl – Spat Tells His Tale –Spat, the oyster, tells a wonderful tale about himself and his great pearl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Opal – Black Beauty and Muggereedoo – This was the actual story about how one of my teachers in grade school had a beautiful black opal ring. Where it came from and the exciting story of what happened to it makes a charming story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Silver – Wandor the Dragon –A true story my grandmother told me about the lovely silver dragon centerpiece that was on their dining room table during the Civil War and how her family brought it to Texas from Tennessee, what became of it, and how they survived. Most interesting history and strong characters.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Gold – A Murder Unsolved –The true story of my grandfather and how his death happened in Ely, Nevada in 1907 during the gold strike there. A really good story of the times and circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Meteorite – Star Jewel from the Universe –A truly fascinating story of this “rock” from outer space, its journey, where it landed (near the Great Wall of China), the Chinese family that found it and the luck it brought them, and how I came to have it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125613117680,"sku":"9781462800964","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462800964_p0.jpg?v=1763677308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462800964","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}