Diamond is known as the "King of Gemstones". Along with ruby, sapphire, emerald and chrysoberyl cat's eye, it is listed as the five most precious gems given to mankind by nature, among which diamond ranks first among the five gems. , is recognized as the most precious gemstone in the world.
Diamond is the gemstone name of diamond, so it is also called diamond, sky gemstone, and luminous stone. The English name is DIAMOND. *** means the hardest. In Greek, it is called "invincible in the world" Atama Stone".
The high refractive index and high dispersion value of diamonds cause diamonds to have a special "fire". Modern science has accurately calculated the optimal refraction angle and cutting method of diamonds, so the diamonds are exquisitely cut. Diamonds can transform into breathtaking brilliance, coupled with their hard and eternal characteristics, they have become a cherished and pursued goal by the world.
The world's first diamond was produced in ancient India about 3,000 years ago and was discovered in a valley called Krishna in India.
Until the eighteenth century, the wealthy Indian kings were the world's only suppliers.
From the fourth century BC to the early eighteenth century AD, India produced about 3 million carats of rough diamonds.
This is also the reason why diamonds are measured in "carat".
A strange tree grew in ancient India. The weight of each seed of this tree is basically the same, each seed is exactly 0.2 grams.
Since diamonds are rare and have limited weight, smart Indians use the "carat" of the tree's seeds as the unit of weight for diamonds.
The unit of measurement for diamond weight is carat (CT), 1 carat = 0.2 grams, 1 carat = 100 points.
In Europe in the 13th century, diamonds were the patent of royal nobles, and wearing diamonds was the privilege of queens and princesses.
Alice Suhui, the mistress of King Charles XVII of France, was the first woman to break this tradition. She received a diamond as a gift from the king and wore it on public occasions. Diamonds have since entered the folk world.
The 15th century was a milestone in the relationship between diamonds and love.
Charles, Duke of Baguen, loves diamonds like his life and likes to collect diamonds. When his daughter Mary was engaged to the Archduke of Austria, she was given a diamond ring, which became the first diamond engagement ring in history.
Since then, diamonds have become a symbol of beauty and eternal love, and have captured the hearts of countless women.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the romantic French led the new diamond trend.
The necklace of King Francis I of France was set with 11 large diamonds. In addition to liking diamond jewelry, his Queen Catherine also mixed diamond powder into food to poison political opponents.
The "usurper powder" passed down in European history may refer to diamond powder.
Whether diamond powder is poisonous has not yet been verified. It is very likely that the ancients deliberately fabricated lies to prevent miners from swallowing diamonds into their bodies and stealing them.
During the reign of Louis XIV, the popularity of diamonds reached its peak in France.
His palace was filled with jewels and jade, and his body was covered in diamonds.
It is said that he purchased 109 diamonds weighing more than 10 carats and 273 diamonds weighing 4 to 10 carats in the name of the state.
The most famous ones are the 44 large diamonds purchased from gem merchants, including a 112-carat French blue diamond.
Influenced by France, the Russian tsar regarded diamonds as a symbol of power and wealth. When Peter the Great crowned his queen in 1724, the queen's crown was set with 2,500 diamonds.
The British royal family also has an inextricable relationship with diamonds.
Henry VIII was a diamond collector. From 1558 to 1603, octagonal crystal rings set with rough diamonds became fashionable and became a fashion.
At the same time, there was a craze for using diamonds to engrave love letters on glass windows. Diamond rings were once called engraved rings. Even Elizabeth I herself sang poems and talked with Sir Walter on a piece of glass and expressed her sorrow.
When Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1838, the royal family had 2,500 diamonds for her use.
Americans became interested in diamonds much later than Europeans. It was not until the late 19th century that diamond jewelry became fashionable in the United States and regarded it as an eternal message of love.
All of this was entirely created by the diamond king Harry Frederick Oppenheimer, who was Ernest Oppenheimer who brought De Beers from the 19th century to the 20th century. Son of Sir Highmore.
The reason why Americans came from behind can be traced back to the promotional campaign he launched with the famous slogan "Diamonds are Forever".
It is said that diamond tycoon Brady owns 20,000 diamonds; publishing tycoon Pulitzer bought a necklace with 222 diamonds at a French royal jewelry auction for his wife; famous movie star Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor both have beautiful stories with diamonds, and the American people also have a deep affection for diamonds. When the world's most famous diamonds were exhibited in New York, thousands of spectators lined up in the rain, waiting to see them.
In Japan, until World War II, the number of people wearing wedding rings was less than 1% of the population. Later, a simple but persistent promotional campaign launched by De Beers made Japan more popular. The 70-year-old bride wore a diamond ring.
West Germans are another consumer group susceptible to advertising.
Before 1967, most West German brides liked to wear wedding rings made of two overlapping gold rings, so De Beers introduced a new concept of "three-ring diamond rings", which gave the "double-ring diamond ring" a new concept. "Add a diamond-set third ring.
This new concept turned West Germany into the third largest diamond consumer in the world.
The earliest records about diamonds in China are from the works of the Western Jin Dynasty. "Liezi·Tangwen" mentions the roller-chrome sword, and the "Shizhou Ji" of the Han Dynasty mentions the jade-cutting knife.
The swords are encrusted with diamonds.
The tradition of engaged ladies wearing a ring on the ring finger of their left hand can be traced back to the early Egyptians, who believed that the vein of love runs directly from the heart to the tip of the ring finger of the left hand.
Through a simple solitaire diamond ring, diamonds convey the feelings in the hearts of countless men and women in the world and exude the eternal flame of love.
From marriage to wedding anniversaries, men and women in love use diamonds to express their affection. A round ring studded with diamonds says "our love has no end" and represents eternity. (This tradition originated from the West is also accepted by Easterners). Today, it has become common practice for people to use diamond rings as gifts of love.
People also call the 60th or 75th wedding anniversary a diamond wedding, and diamonds are also used as the birthstone of April.
Diamonds, which were born deep in the earth's crust billions of years ago, have always been unparalleled and unsurpassed representatives, and are extremely valuable because of their hardness and beauty.
Diamonds are ancient treasures that have withstood the changing times and have become symbols of eternal love over the centuries.
According to legend, Cupid’s arrows are inlaid with diamonds, so they have magical powers! Because its brilliance surpasses that of any gemstone, the ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were fragments of stars that fell to the earth. Some even believed that diamonds were tears dropped by the gods; people also once believed that diamonds were formed by water or dew from the sky. Come.
In Sanskrit, the word diamond means thunder, which expresses the belief that diamonds are born from lightning.
It is not until today that the development of modern science tells people that diamonds do not fall from the sky, but instead break out of the ground.
The ancients also believed that diamonds would give birth to small diamonds. Even the famous scientist R. Boyle (1627-1691) also believed in this statement.
In the 17th century, Portuguese explorers believed that "diamonds can grow close to the surface in 2-3 years" and cited as an example why miners could still mine diamonds after returning to old mining areas after several years. confirm this view.