Set in Jewellery
 
Loose polished diamonds are purchased by jewellery manufacturers who set the diamonds into rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches and a wide range of other jewellery items. The watch industry also is a major consumer of well cut polished diamonds.
 
Most diamond jewellery is designed dot be worn by women, although prior to the 15th century it was the exclusive domain of men. According to popular legend, the very first woman to wear diamond jewelry was Agnès Sorel (1422-1450), who was said to be a favourite of King Charles VII.
 
Today, the diamond is inexorably connected with the act of matrimony, and it most typically is worn as in a solitaire ring. The term, a diamond is forever, is popularly associated with a couple’s love for one another and is related to fact that the diamond is the world’s hardest natural mineral.
 
The diamond pipeline typically ends in a jewellery store, as the jewelry item is bought as a gift of affection. In terms of value, more than half of the fine jewelry sold worldwide contains diamonds.
 
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