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• Book Title: The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire



• Author: Tom Zoellner



• Publication Date: June 12, 2007
• Description:

  Zoellner was dumped by his fiance, which is pretty rough particularly if you are contributing editor to a men's magazine. When he proposed to his girlfriend, Tom Zoellner gave what is predictable of every American man--a diamond engagement ring. But when the relationship broke apart, he was left with a used diamond that begin to haunt him.An adventure story in the ritual of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, The Heartless Stone is a voyage into the cold heart of the world's mainly unyielding gem.