When were the first diamonds in history recorded?

wolram · Sep 27, 2011

Jimmy Snyder · Sep 27, 2011

In the big inning.

rhody · Sep 27, 2011

wolram said:

When were the first diamonds in history recorded?

Wolram,

Not sure, but about a month ago astronomers found the first diamond planet, https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=524601&highlight=diamond".

Rhody...

Jimmy Snyder · Sep 27, 2011

Wiki says the following and gives a reference:

wiki said:

Diamonds have been known in India for at least 3,000 years but most likely 6,000 years.

Hershey, W. (1940). The Book of Diamonds. New York: HEarth'side Press. pp. 22–28. ISBN 1-4179-7715-9.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond"

wuliheron · Sep 27, 2011

Which means they are prehistoric in origin and were likely recorded as soon as writing was invented.

Jimmy Snyder · Sep 27, 2011

In my opinion, the wiki article exagerates what is written in Hershey's book.

W. Hershey said:

The diamond mining industry in India therefore is certainly 3,000 years old, and one may reasonably think that it is twice as old.

Emphasis mine. The meaning of the bold text is different from wiki's "most likely".

http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=35eij1e1al8C#v=onepage&q&f=false"

When were the first diamonds in history recorded?

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