>They never had any value They had immense value in ancient world. They were valued much more than gold - due to their rarity. Southern India was the only know

>They never had any value They had immense value in ancient world. They were valued much more than gold - due to their rarity. Southern India was the only known source for mining diamonds in ancient world [1]. They were used as currency and was valued higher than gold. In fact there were wars fought for diamonds. There is a saying about Koh-i-Noor, one of the most famous Diamond - "If a strong man were to throw four stones – one north, one south, one east, one west, and a fifth stone up into the air – and if the space between them were to be filled with gold, all would not equal the value of the Koh-i-Noor" [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golconda_diamonds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golconda_diamonds [2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/16/koh-i-noor-diamond-britain-illegally-india-pakistan-afghanistan-history-tower https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/16/koh-i-...