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10 Fun Facts About Diamonds

4/6/2020

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April has the glittering diamond as its birthstone! Learn more about this popular gemstone below.
  1. The largest diamond ever found, the Cullinan diamond, weighed in at 3,106 carats, or 1.37 pounds!
  2. Even though there are hardly any gem-quality diamonds mined the US, America makes up 40% of the diamond buyer’s market, the most in the world.
  3. Diamonds are the hardest substance currently known on Earth.
  4. Joseph Asscher, a famed gemcutter, was given the honor of cutting the Cullinan diamond for the British crown jewels. Legend has it that he fainted after making the first cut.
  5. Before the 1700s, most diamonds were found in India.
  6. During the Middle Ages, diamonds were thought to protect the wearer from almost all diseases, both physical and mental.
  7. While white is the most popular, diamonds can naturally come in all colors of the rainbow! Blue, red, orange and green are the rarest.
  8. Because of their hardness, diamond jewelry pieces should be stored separately so they don’t damage other gemstones.
  9. Diamonds were being used by gemcutters in India as early as 300 BCE to engrave other gemstones.
  10. You can burn a diamond. House fires and jeweler’s torches can get hot enough. Diamonds are made of carbon, after all!

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