How diamond is made - material, history, used, .
The actual mining of diamonds as an industry can be traced back to India to around 800 to 600 B.C. India was the only known source of the rocks for over a thousand years, until they were unearthed in Borneo around A.D. 600. During the Middle Ages, the diamond was overshadowed by some of the more colorful gems like the ruby and emerald. These other stones found their way into the jewelry of the ...