The Curious Lore of Precious Stones: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, credited to George Frederick Kunz, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Curious Lore of Precious Stones by George Frederick Kunz. Read in English by volunteer readers. Full title is "The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, being a description of their sentiments and folklore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in medicine, protection, prevention, religion, and divination, crystal gazing, birthstones, lucky stones, and talismans, astral, zodiacal, and planetary." Just about everything you ever wanted to know about precious stones, aside from their formation, acquisition, and chemical composition. - Summary by TriciaG

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
• Author credits: George Frederick Kunz
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 12:31:56

Catalogue topics

• folklore
• superstition
• jewels
• birthstones
• precious
• stones
• jewelry

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Preface — 8:16
2. 02 - Ch 1 - Superstitions and Their Sources, pt 1 — 14:37
3. 03 - Ch 1 - Superstitions and Their Sources, pt 2 — 17:49
4. 04 - Ch 2 - On the Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones as Talismans and Amulets, pt 1 — 16:39
5. 05 - Ch 2 - On the Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones as Talismans and Amulets, pt 2 — 22:36
6. 06 - Ch 2 - On the Use of Precious and Semi-precious Stones as Talismans and Amulets, pt 3 — 20:25
7. 07 - Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 1 — 21:42
8. 08 - Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 2 — 29:01
9. 09 - Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 3 — 27:55
10. 10 - Ch 3 - On the Talismanic Use of Special Stones, pt 4 — 28:15
11. 11 - Ch 4 - On the Use of Engraved and Carved Gems as Talismans, pt 1 — 25:16
12. 12 - Ch 4 - On the Use of Engraved and Carved Gems as Talismans, pt 2 — 24:32
13. 13 - Ch 5 - On Ominous and Luminous Stones, pt 1 — 22:39
14. 14 - Ch 5 - On Ominous and Luminous Stones, pt 2 — 22:38
15. 15 - Ch 5 - On Ominous and Luminous Stones, pt 3 — 23:02
16. 16 - Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 1 — 20:42
17. 17 - Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 2 — 23:26
18. 18 - Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 3 — 21:05
19. 19 - Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 4 — 20:19
20. 20 - Ch 6 - On Crystal Balls and Crystal Gazing, pt 5 — 17:13
21. 21 - Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 1 — 18:20
22. 22 - Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 2 — 18:48
23. 23 - Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 3 — 18:54
24. 24 - Ch 7 - Religious Uses of Precious Stones, Pagan, Hebrew, and Christian, pt 4 — 21:15

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