BEWITCHING, CAPTIVATING, CONSUMING AND ANCHORING, STONES ARE THE LITERAL AND PROVERBIAL JEWELS IN MAN’S MATERIAL CROWN. WHETHER MINING FOR GEMS, EXCAVATING ANCIENT RENDERINGS, UNEARTHING MARBLE OR UNDERTAKING ANY OTHER ACT THAT DELIVERS ROCKS FROM THEIR MOORINGS IN THE GROUND, THE SENSE OF DISCOVERY THAT COMES FROM FREEING THESE ELEMENTAL RELICS FROM THE DEEP TO FIND A PLACE IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF OUR DAILY LIVES IS AS MOVING AS THE ITEMS THEMSELVES—AND PART OF THE ALLURE OF THE TIMELESS TREASURE HUNTS THEY INSPIRE.
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