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  The diamond is nature's hardest substance, resistant to both fire and steel.  This invincible strength and it's rarity, has made the diamond an extremely coveted material that symbolizes wealth, power, magic and love.  The word diamond stems from the Latin "diamas", meaning  "the unconquerable".  

      Diamonds were first discovered in India where they were valued more for their magical powers than their beauty.  The first recorded account of a diamond used in a wedding ring was in 1477 by the Archduke Maximillian of Austria in his proposal to Mary of Burgundy.  This began the tradition that remains with us today.