Did you know ?
- It is estimated that less than one percent of women will ever wear a diamond of one carat or more.
- The word Carat is thought to be derived from the Carab Bean – an ancient unit of weight.
- Diamonds were first mined in India over 2,800 years ago.
- The largest diamond ever found weighed 3106 carats
- The ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were splinters of stars fallen to the earth.
- A diamond has a melting point of approximately 4,000 degrees centigrade.
- 25% of Israel`s total export earnings come from Diamonds.
- The tradition of giving a diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximilian of
- Austria who gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy in 1477.
- The reason an engagement ring is worn on the third finger of the left hand dates back to the early Egyptian belief that the vein of love (vena amoris) ran directly from the heart to the top of the third finger, left hand.
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