I'll bet you didn't know...
(A few interesting & true facts about the jewelry you wear. )
Out of 250 tons of diamond ore , only a single one carat diamond of gem quality may be found.
Silver has been used to make jewelry since 3500 B.C.
The world's largest diamond , The Cullinan I , weighs 3,106 carats . Pictured below.
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Diamonds were first discovered in India around 800 B.C.
The first recorded incidence of a diamond engagement ring was that given to Mary of Burgundy by the Archduke Maximilian of Hamburg in 1477.
Some Renaissance era engagement rings were set with a single diamond in its natural crystalline form. Little love messages, or posies, were often inscribed inside the rings.
Popular sixteenth and seventeenth century wedding ring styles included the gimmel ring, made of two hoops that slid together into one ring when shut.