Diamond: Eternal Fire: The Indian Diamond Tradition

This book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs including museum pieces, marvels of contemporary jewellery and pictures of some of the world’s greatest diamonds, presents the story of the Indian diamond tradition. From the fabled mines of Golconda in India, for centuries the only source of diamonds in the world, to the stone itself, from the treasuries of palaces to the riches of modern day jewellery and the fortunes of diamond cutters, the text discovers the magical and continuing fascination of the diamond.