Re:What is price of 3.5 carat basra pearl? Read the finest Treatise

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Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of

Discoveries By R. A. Donkin

 

http://books.google.com/books?id=leHFqMQ9mw8C

 

Extensive Actual Book Review (see also other Pearls and Manis of

Sacred value associations, elephant, Dolphins mentioned instead of

whales, cobra, etc etc,etc

http://books.google.com/books?

id=leHFqMQ9mw8C & printsec=frontcover & source=gbs_summary_r & cad=0#PPP13,M

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Man has been intrigued by the origin of pearls, sensitive to their

beauty, & convinced of their medicinal value for at least five

millennia. A mixture of folklore & observation preceded the earliest

scientific inquiries. Fishing & trade commenced in southern Asia,

between India & Sri Lanka & around the Persian Gulf. In Western &

Central Europe, Inner Asia & China, & North America, freshwater

pearls were probably known & treasured before those of marine origin.

R.A. Donkin combines written sources with the results of

archaeological & philological research. A refined nomenclature lends

support to other evidence pointing to long familiarity, &

etymologically related words for 'pearl'- reflecting former trading

connections or colonization. Pearls were prominent among the luxury

products which, for many centuries, the West associated with the

legendary East & South; conversely, the Chinese looked to the West &

South. From the opening of the Age of Discoveries & for the next two

& a half centuries marine pearls were high among the objectives of

expeditions to the eastern & western Tropics. The often remote

centers of demand were affluent & culturally advanced societies where

dealers & purchasers exercised fine judgment in matters of shape &

color & iridescence, as they continue to do today. Beyond Price:

Pearls & Pearl-Fishing, organized both chronologically & by region is

called by reviewer, James Parsons, " the crowning achievement of a

world-class scholar....The folklore regarding pearls has created an

endlessly imaginative literature, here analyzed meticulously. " The

book is enhanced with over 100 maps & illustrations.

 

With best of Regards

 

sacred-objects , " Raja Gursahani "

<rajagursahani wrote:

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> why don't you just buy 2 mukhi rudraksha and save yourself some

serious

> money and time. the effort in procuring it will be so stressful

compared to

> getting a 2 mukhi bracelet from .com

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> sincerely (namaskar),

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> Raja Gursahani

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