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No other stone excites women more than this one. It has been a favourite adornment for wedding and engagement rings around the globe. It is not always this way because during the middle ages, only men wore this as jewelry to emphasize their masculinity.

It was custom of their time to have men were diamonds. King Louis engraved this practice into a law prohibiting women, including the queen, to use diamonds as jewelry. Today, it is hard to believe women can stand seeing only men enjoy the freedom to wear it.

The characteristic this stone possess has also captured the religious and the mystics. Believing this stone have some magical prowess, they use it on their bodies to prevent sickness or dispel spirits. Ancient Greeks even believed they could defy death by putting this stone on their shields.

Religion of old like in Tibet, takes this stone as part of symbol for worship. Even today, some of the Hindu statues have diamond eyes. Golden statues studded with diamonds were found in the temple treasures that were unearthed recently in India amounting to about 22 billion dollars.

The diamond engagement ring did not come into existence until the 15th century. Mary of Burgundy, an only child and heiress to France and its vast domains, was the first to receive it. It was no less than the Holy Roman Emperor, who was still the Archduke Maximilian 1 of Austria at that time who gifted her and asked her hands in marriage.

It takes thousands of years under natural condition to form a diamond. And when found, it takes skillful hands to painstakingly cut this hardest stone and made as jewelry. Both of this processes, natural and mechanical, symbolizes true labor of love. With the advent of technology, cubic zirconia has given everyone the chance to own a diamond or complete the lovers' expression of passion and commitment that lasts with a ring.