15 Mind Bogglingly Amazing Facts
about Diamonds
Some interesting facts about diamonds that you should know
1. The birth stone for people born in the month of April is diamond. An amazing reason for
every lady out there to ask the gift of fine jewellery from their better halves.
2. Back in the days, the Romans and Greeks believed that the diamonds were either tears that
came from the cry of deity or some pieces that fell from stars.
3. The earliest relation between diamonds and love came from the belief of the Romans that
cupid’s arrow were tipped with diamonds.
4. Diamonds are more than three billion years old
5. Diamonds are formed almost 100 miles below the ground and are carried to the surface of
the earth by deep eruptions of volcano’s.
6. The diamond formation takes place from a single element- almost 100% carbon. Deep
below the earth where there is scorching heat and high pressure, atoms of carbon bond in a
unique way that is the reason of the formation of diamonds’ exceptional crystalline
formation.
7. The nomenclature ‘diamond’ has come from the Greek word ‘adamas’ meaning
insurmountable or non destructible.
8. Diamonds are such hard substances that the only thing that could scratch one diamond is
another diamond.
9. The trading and collection of diamonds goes back to 4 th century BC and it started in India.
10. During ancient times Hindus believed that the wearer of the diamond could be protected
from dangers and it was also used in the eyes of the statues of their deity.