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020			_a9781487503178 (hardcover)
020			_a1487503172 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1117494902 _z(OCoLC)1126002442
050			_aGT5170 _b.A58 2020
245	0	4	_aThe anthropology of precious minerals / _cedited by Elizabeth Ferry, Annabel Vallard, and Andrew Walsh.
260			_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _cc2020.
300			_avi, 208 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: engaging precious minerals / Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard -- Introduction to part one: scrappers, miners, and hunters / Susan D. Gillespie -- "Check out that gold-plated board!" scrapping cellphones and electronics in North America / Joshua A. Bell -- What is "artisanal" about "artisanal mining"? reflections from Madagascar's sapphire trade / Andrew Walsh -- The value and social lives of alpine crystals / Gilles Raveneau -- Introduction to part two: making preciousness: distinction and refraction / Elizabeth Ferry -- When stones become gems: valuations of minerals in Thailand / Annabel Vallard -- Transparent minerals and opaque diamond sources / Filipe Calvão -- Gold, ontological difference, and object agency / Les W. Field -- Afterward: facets of preciousness / Andrew Walsh, Elizabeth Ferry, and Annabel Vallard.
520			_aBased on a Wenner-Gren international workshop, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, this book addresses the complexity of human-mineral engagements through ethnographic case studies and anthropological reflections on different people and the minerals they deem 'precious.'
650		4	_aPrecious metals _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aMineral industries _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aMines and mineral resources _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aMetal-work _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aAnthropology.
700	1		_aFerry, Elizabeth Emma.
700	1		_aVallard, Annabel.
700	1		_aWalsh, Andrew, _d1969-
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