珍贵：宝石穿越时空的历史与奥秘[有声读物]

English | ASIN: B0CR55LQL7 | 2024 | 10 hours and 3 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 292 MB

A renowned jewelry expert recounts her career working with nature’s most extraordinary treasures—gemstones—and traces these rare jewels from ancient Egyptian records through the high-stakes auctions of today. Helen Molesworth has been captivated by precious stones since early childhood but she struggled to join the gemstone industry, having no connections to the few family-run companies that have dominated the field for centuries. She persevered, and more than two decades later, Molesworth is now an international authority hired to appraise the extraordinary jewelry of such clients as the British royal family. Precious is packed with inside stories about fabulous jewels associated with generations of celebrities, from Cleopatra (emerald) to Catherine, Princess of Wales (sapphire); from Marilyn Monroe (pearl) to Beyoncé (garnet); from Jackie O (pearl) to Lady Gaga (diamond); and from Marie Antoinette (pearl) to Elizabeth Taylor (pearl, ruby, and emerald)! As Molesworth tells it, the history of gemstones is the history of humanity. And so she journeys the world, navigating African diamond mines, Colombian emerald mines, and the sapphire-rich rivers of Sri Lanka to study gems at their source. She has selected ten of nature’s most dazzling gems, tracing their discovery to when these cut-and-polished masterpieces first adorned empresses and kings. From the stories of a priceless emerald watch hidden under floorboards for centuries to the common quartz fashioned into world-famous royal jewels, and diamonds selling for multi-millions, Precious is not just a chronicle of archeology and geology, high society and high finance, it’s the story of our timeless ambition to make—and wear—something beautiful.

中文|亚洲：B0CR55LQL7|2024|10小时3分钟|M4B@64kbps | 292 MB 一位著名的珠宝专家讲述了她与大自然最非凡的宝藏——宝石——合作的职业生涯，并从古埃及的记录中追溯到今天的高风险拍卖。Helen Molesworth从小就被宝石所吸引，但她很难加入宝石行业，因为她与几个世纪以来主导该领域的少数家族企业没有联系。她坚持不懈，二十多年后，Molesworth现在是一家国际权威机构，被雇来评估英国王室等客户的非凡珠宝。《珍爱》中充满了与几代名人有关的神话般珠宝的内幕故事，从克利奥帕特拉（祖母绿）到威尔士王妃凯瑟琳（蓝宝石）；从玛丽莲·梦露（珍珠色）到碧昂斯（石榴石色）；从杰基·奥（珍珠）到Lady Gaga（钻石）；从玛丽·安托瓦内特（珍珠）到伊丽莎白·泰勒（珍珠、红宝石和祖母绿）！正如Molesworth告诉的那样，宝石的历史就是人类的历史。因此，她周游世界，在非洲钻石矿、哥伦比亚祖母绿矿和斯里兰卡富含蓝宝石的河流中航行，从源头研究宝石。她挑选了十颗自然界最耀眼的宝石，将它们的发现追溯到这些切割和抛光的杰作首次装饰皇后和国王的时候。从几个世纪以来藏在地板下的无价祖母绿手表的故事，到制成世界著名皇家珠宝的普通石英，再到售价数百万美元的钻石，Precious不仅仅是考古学和地质学、上流社会和高级金融的编年史，它还讲述了我们制作和佩戴美丽东西的永恒野心。

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