EOSC 118 Lecture 8: Diamonds
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Diamonds are the most economically and historically significant gemstone everyone knows about diamonds, their value and their historical importance. Indians values the shape, the fire and the brilliance of diamonds. Diamond carving tools have also been noted in chinese literature around this time. In europe, we can track diamond usage to the 13th century where royalty and high profile individuals began to wear diamonds as a show of power. A shift in jewelry design occurred when diamonds became the center of attention and rather than appreciate them as art, people wanted to own and wear them. As a result, the methods of diamond cutting became more important and so the brilliant cut was developed mathematically by tolkowsky in: the purpose of the cut was to enhance the beauty of the diamond. Historically diamonds were rare and found in certain areas in the golcanda region of india and then.
