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History of Diamond Mining

Published Sunday, October 19, 2008 by bloggerblognet26206 | E-mail this post

Diamonds have always evoked dreams of wild riches, fantasies of love and power. In modern time, even ordinary people can easily own a few diamonds. All this is possible because of the numerous diamond deposits discovered plus effective and controlled production. Back in the Middle Ages, only royalty could afford diamonds as there were so rare and expensive then.

Diamonds were discovered in India by the 4th century. India yielded many legendary diamonds, including the Koh-i-Noor, the Orlov, the Hope, and the Sancy. Sadly today, only the Majhgawan pipe, a primary source near Panna, is India's only producing diamond source.

Diamonds were found in Borneo only in the early eighteenth century, and only much later elsewhere in places such as South Africa and Russia. India appears to be the only source of diamonds before that. Verifiable historical records are available only for a few deposits of diamonds, though ancient Sanskrit text did mention several areas where the gems could be found. Southern India in its time was the leading producer of diamonds and had yielded some of the most famous stones in history. By the time diamonds were found elsewhere in the world, mining activities there had gradually declined and became defunct.

Today South Africa is the major diamond producer. The discovery of diamonds in the Cape Colony around 1867 (now a province in South Africa) forever alter the supply and marketing of diamonds. As annual world diamond production increased exponentially, a once extremely rare material became much more accessible to the wealthy Western society. Everyone now knows that diamonds came from volcanoes, and heard about companies such as Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato, Kimberley, and De Beers. Without the controlled production and distribution of the South African diamond mines, diamonds could easily have been devalued and lost much of the mystique they hold for us today.

To summarized, having an understanding in the history of diamond mining allows us to better appreciate the diamond jewelry that we wear. http://www.MyLovelyDiamonds.com/

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