Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry.

Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border / Elizabeth Emma Ferry.

Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections. She describes how and why these byproducts of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks of life as scientific specimens, religious offerings, and luxu...

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Main Author: Ferry, Elizabeth Emma
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Tracking globalization.
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Minerals > Collection and preservation > United States.
Minerals > Collection and preservation > Mexico.
Rock collectors.
Mineral industries > Social aspects.
United States > Commerce > Mexico.
Mexico > Commerce > United States.
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