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Ancient Diamonds - Heart In Diamond
Are Diamonds Ancient? Diamonds were first discovered in ancient India nearly 6,000 years ago. They have been treasured for their beauty and their incredible properties ever since. In Greece, some scientists claimed that diamonds were pieces of the stars that had fallen to the earth, and legend had it that diamonds were actually the teardrops of the gods. In ancient India, diamonds were valued as religious icons. In the dark ages, it was believed that sw...
Have You Heard of These Famous Diamonds? - Heart In Diamond
The Regent Diamond In 1698, a slave working in the Kollur mines discovered a diamond in India’s Guntur region. This diamond would become one of the most famous diamonds in the history of the world. Recognizing the diamond’s great value and the change that it could mean in his life, the slave hid the diamond inside of a self-inflicted wound on his leg and fled the mines. He divulged his secret to an English sea-captain and offered half the diamon...
The Blue Hope Diamond - Heart In Diamond
The Blue Hope Diamond has fascinated and amazed for centuries. Like all natural diamonds, the Hope Diamond has been around for hundreds of millions of years. However, its wild journey that brought it such fame began in the 17th century, when a wandering merchant named Jean-Baptiste Tavernier stole the gem off of the forehead of a sacred statue of the Hindu goddess Sita. Upon Tavernier’s return to France, King Louis XIV called him to court and took the di...
Mountain of Light - Heart In Diamond
The Koh-i-nor (“Mountain of Light”) is undoubtedly one of the largest and most storied diamonds in the history of mankind. The earliest records of the diamond seem to indicate that it was discovered during the South Indian Kakatiya dynasty. During this time, an ominous legend formed regarding the jewel: the man who owns it brings about his own destruction; but the woman who owns it suffers no consequences. In the early 14th century, the army of Turkic ...