Author Archives: Mack

Royal Diamonds Through the Ages: Power, Politics, and Precious Stones A crown is not just a crown. Every stone set into it was a decision, political, financial, symbolic. Every diamond

The Geological Birth of Diamonds: A Billion-Year Journey to Your Ring Before it was a ring, it was a rumble in the earth. Before it caught light across a dinner

Lost, Stolen, and Crowned: The Dramatic History of Legendary Diamonds Some stories are too strange for fiction. A diamond hidden in a turban. A priceless blue stone mailed in a

The Story Behind the World’s Most Famous Diamonds and Their Royal Owners They sit behind bulletproof glass in museums and palace vaults, watched over by guards and cameras, lit by

How Many Red Diamonds Exist? The Truth Behind the World’s Rarest Gemstone That’s the total number of natural red diamonds of significant size that have ever been documented in the

Pink Diamonds Through History: Why Royalty Paid Fortunes for Them Some gemstones are beautiful. Pink diamonds are something else entirely. There is a quality to a fine pink diamond that

The Complete History of Red Diamonds: Earth’s Rarest Treasure Explained There are rare things in this world. Then there are red diamonds. You could spend an entire career in the

Where Do Real Diamonds Come From? From Volcanoes to Royal Crowns Most people have held a diamond at some point in a ring, on a necklace, in a jeweler’s palm

How to Tell If a Diamond Is Real: A Buyer’s Guide Before You Spend Thousands Someone hands you a diamond. Maybe you’re at a jeweler. Maybe you inherited a ring.

The True History of Natural Diamonds: How Earth Created Its Rarest Gem Pick up a diamond and hold it to the light. What you’re holding didn’t form last century, or