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Part of the pleasure in choosing diamond wedding rings is to wonder about the history of these diamonds and their creation. The following is a compilation of facts associated with diamonds and their trade.
White diamonds are the purest diamonds on the market, untainted by colour caused by elements such as boron or nitrogen combining with carbon during formation.
Engagement rings have been a part of betrothal rituals in the West since the late Fifteenth Century, when the Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave a diamond ring to the young heiress Mary of Burgundy.
Diamond Wedding is the 60th Wedding Anniversary, traditionally associated with the giving of diamonds.
Dresden Green Diamond is a very rare natural diamond; exposure to natural radioactivity accounts for its colour. It is currently on display in Dresden.
Incomparable is the name of the largest, flawless brown diamond ever found in Africa in 1984.
Noor-Ol-Ain translates as ‘Light of the Eye’ and is a beautiful pink diamond, originally from India, and now part of the Iranian Crown Jewels; it is the centrepiece of the former Empress of Iran’s wedding tiara.
Golconda Mines, in Southern India, were the original source of diamonds before the diamond fields of Brazil and South Africa were discovered. Many famous diamonds, especially white diamonds, are said to have been discovered here and this enhances their mystery. Diamonds are no longer mined in this area.
We, at Marlows can supply all the diamonds and diamond rings to suite every stage of your relationship; diamond engagement rings, wedding bands and diamond eternity rings.
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