Can you tell us some legends and lores of the diamonds?
The Greeks gave the name “adamas” to this gemstone. It means, untameable, unconquerable, and hard. When it was first mined, in India, a test was given to each stone to find if it was indeed “real.” The test consisted on placing a newly found gem on a metal anvil and then hammering it with a metal hammer. If it did not break it was a real diamond. Obviously many real stones were lost by this strange test. Another unusual note is that the rare pink and red diamonds when found by the workers in India, would be destroyed because they considering them unlucky, evil and unholy. With the mere saying of the word diamond, it immediately conjures up historic images of great kings and queens, beautiful women, grand balls, strong castles, elegant dinner parties, opulence, glamorous gems and jewelry, wealth and riches. Even today the name fills one with the modern images of high society, penthouse suites, rolls royces, movie stars, celebrities and famous families. This cherished gemstone was first
