Diamond Rough Ring Size 6.5

Diamond Rough Ring Size 6.5

Mineral: Diamond

Origin: India [Conflict Free]

Color: Brownish

Fluorescence: Faint Red(?)

Treatment: None

Material: Sterling Silver (925)

Size: 6.5

Approximate Diamond Dimensions: 0.8cm x 0.7cm x 0.4cm

Approximate Band Dimensions: 0.3cm

Weight: 1g

10% of this purchase will be donated to The Wildlife Protection Society Of India (WPSI)

 The world’s love of diamonds had its start in India, where diamonds were gathered from the country’s rivers and streams. Some historians estimate that India was trading in diamonds as early as the fourth century BC. The country’s resources yielded limited quantities for an equally limited market: India’s very wealthy classes. Gradually, though, this changed. Indian diamonds found their way, along with other exotic merchandise, to Western Europe in the caravans that traveled to Venice’s medieval markets. By the 1400s, diamonds were becoming fashionable accessories for Europe’s elite.

In the early 1700s, as India’s diamond supplies began to decline, Brazil emerged as an important source. Diamonds were discovered in the pans of gold miners as they sifted through the gravels of local rivers. Once it reached its full potential, Brazil dominated the diamond market for more than 150 years.

While sources changed, the diamond market experienced its own evolution. The old ruling classes—diamonds’ biggest consumers—were in decline by the late 1700s. Political upheavals like the French Revolution led to changes in the distribution of wealth.

The story of the modern diamond market really begins on the African continent, with the 1866 discovery of diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa.

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