Diamonds and woman share a very special relationship. There is a popular saying" Diamonds are to women what dogs are to men, their best friend. Diamonds are not new to this planet, they are much longer on this earth than humans; when you dig deep. They appear as amazing shining gemstones. Diamonds are great to give as a gift for any occasion so it is nice to know few points about them.

So what are Diamonds, did we ever try to find out, what these precious gemstones are made up of? Well they are made up of carbon atoms which are arranged in a special manner and are isometric hex octahedral crystal lattice. They are stable and hardest form of carbon. The highly dispersion of light makes it useful for industrial purpose and as a jewelry.

1. Most diamonds are very old more than three billion years old and the youngest being around 100 millions year old.

2. In ancient times, diamonds were considered to have very special powers like strength, courage and invincibility.

3. Most of the earth's diamonds were formed really deep in the earth, like 100-400 miles deep.

4. Diamonds come in different shapes and colors such as yellow, brown and the rare pink and blue.

5. In France, in the thirteen century a law was passed that only the king could wear diamonds.

6. A Die is made from the diamond which makes the copper wire in our home electronics.

7. The biggest diamond market in the world is America, as it buys more than half of the worlds supply of diamond.

8. The largest diamond ever found was 3,106 carats and located in Africa. Part of that diamond resides in the British Royal Scepter which is located in London.

9. Diamonds are used to make windows for space craft or deep space travel, as diamonds can withstand extremely high temperature and hardcore condition.

10. Australia is the world's largest producer of diamond in volume.

Diamonds have been a part of our life from being the favorite gemstone given as a gift or to the loved ones down to technology; it has played a very important role in our every day life.