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Describes the 1986 theft of a priceless painting by Vermeer, a crime orchestrated by master Irish criminal Martin Cahill, details the response of law enforcement agencies, and the ultimate efforts of a father-and-son detective team who recovered the painting and other stolen artworks. Reprint.

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From the first discovery in 1869 by a native boy in South Africa to the recent discovery in 1999 by three small-scale miners in Brazil, a fascinating foray into the enigmatic, beautiful, and obsessive world of the diamond traces the history of the much-sought-after jewel, revealing the true nature of the diamond trade and profiling the many individuals responsible for the largest diamond finds.

Facts, history, and lore about the phenomenon are blended together in this illustrated guide for amateur astronomers or general science followers