03004nam 2200673Ia 450 991046564750332120200520144314.00-253-00948-0(CKB)2560000000102683(EBL)1214501(SSID)ssj0000892087(PQKBManifestationID)11476433(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000892087(PQKBWorkID)10892635(PQKB)10782432(MiAaPQ)EBC1214501(OCoLC)851383612(MdBmJHUP)muse29205(Au-PeEL)EBL1214501(CaPaEBR)ebr10720499(CaONFJC)MIL498014(EXLCZ)99256000000010268320130322d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMinerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border[electronic resource] /Elizabeth Emma FerryBloomington Indiana University Pressc20131 online resource (252 p.)Tracking globalizationDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00936-7 0-253-00928-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Histories, mineralogies, economies -- Shifting stones : mineralogy and mineral collecting in Mexico and the United States -- Making scientific value -- Mineral collections and their minerals : building up U.S.-Mexican transnational spaces -- Making places in space : miners and collectors in Guanajuato and Tucson -- Mineral marketplaces, arbitrage, and the production of difference.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 luxury collectibles. The story of mineral exploration and trade defines a rich and variegated US-Mexican space and sheds new light on this complex relationship.Tracking GlobalizationMineral industriesSocial aspectsMineralsCollection and preservationMexicoMineralsCollection and preservationUnited StatesRock collectorsMexicoCommerceUnited StatesUnited StatesCommerceMexicoElectronic books.Mineral industriesSocial aspects.MineralsCollection and preservationMineralsCollection and preservationRock collectors.382/.45549972Ferry Elizabeth Emma978753MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465647503321Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border2230944UNINA