Fascinating and scary….now you guys know why I don’t believe in buying love, I mean diamonds. Wink. – Miguel Barbosa

Introduction (Via Jay Epstein @ Atlantic) The diamond invention—the creation of the idea that diamonds are rare and valuable, and are essential signs of esteem—is a relatively recent development in the history of the diamond trade. Until the late nineteenth century, diamonds were found only in a few riverbeds in India and in the jungles of Brazil, and the entire world production of gem diamonds amounted to a few pounds a year. In 1870, however……