When you’re buying something valuable, it is often great to know a little bit more about the history and background of the item. With diamonds, there is a long and illustrious past, traced back and documented to the Ancient Greeks.
The word diamond itself is thought to mean ‘indestructible’, which diamonds are as they are the hardest thing on earth. In order to cut gems into shape, only other diamonds can be used, nothing else is hard enough. The stones have been used by humans for thousands of years, and originally they were found on river beds rather than mined deep under the ground.
Originally diamonds were the preserve of royalty, particularly kings who used them to encrust the armour they went into battle with. The stones were believed to have magical powers to ward away evil, but there is some suggestion that they were also protective against sword strikes. Later, law suits were also thought to have been settled by the party who wore the more ‘powerful’ diamond…perhaps a case of the larger diamond being owned by the more wealthy person and the court not wanting to get on the wrong side of them!
Diamonds were also thought to have healing properties in the Middle Ages, either protecting against illness or aiding recovery. In the same way, a ‘cure’ for someone who lied or expressed anger through the spoken word was to pop a diamond in their mouth. Not recommended, or at least be careful not to swallow it!

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