As the saying goes diamonds are a girls best friend. The wearing of diamonds is not a new concept and it has been happening for many centuries. Woman and men have been enjoying wearing jewellery since the Stone Age. The palaeontologists have found a number of burial sites, which are over one hundred thousand years old, and these have contained jewellery remains that have been decorated with claws from animals and also animal bones. Loose diamonds have been collected and worm for over three thousand years. There is a vast amount of things that implement from the jewellery industry in South Africa.

The fame of the loose diamonds has roots in the jewellery industry in South Africa. There are a vast number of countries, which have strong roots in the world of loose diamonds. These diamonds form deep in the earth’s surface.

One of the rare places for diamonds is India and this country is capable of producing diamonds that are a bit rough whilst being very natural, these are very often found along the side of rivers that flow out of the Himalaya Mountain Range. The most famous source for these diamonds is within the fable city, which is known as Golconda that is located in the state of Hyderabad.

Golconda was established in the early part of the twelfth century and this has an impact on India. The craftsmen in Golcondi have produced a lot of the most famous loose diamonds that exist in the world such as one of the crown jewels of Persia and jewels, which were presented to Queen Victoria by the British prime minister.

The earliest loose diamonds were used to make jewellery and one of the earliest things was the crown that is made for the Hungarian queen. The diamonds stone that were in the crown were actually uncut. Within a space of about a couple of hundred years the wearing of jewellery became popular and this popularity continues to grow. The jewellery industry in South Africa has since grown to be very popular.