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Article: Jade hunter: a scientist travels far and wide in search of an elusive, rare gemstone.(EARTH: GEMS AND MINERALS)(George Harlow)(blue-green jade)
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- Science World
- Article date:
- December 10, 2007
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George Harlow climbs up a steep mountainside. The air is dry and the sun intense, but Harlow doesn't let the harsh conditions get to him. He is on a mission, and nothing--not even the poisonous snakes and stinging plants that surround him--can keep Harlow from his goal. He has come to the Central American country of Guatemala in search of an ancient source of the gemstone jade.
Harlow is curator of one of the world's great gems and minerals collections at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Here in Guatemala, he transforms into a "jade hunter"--a jadero.
Jade has been treasured around the world for ...