Similarly, Russia's "Popigai" crater also produced a large number of squeezed diamonds due to asteroid collision. This is the largest diamond pit in the world, and the diamond reserves can meet the market demand of human beings in the next 3000 years. In any case, it shows that diamonds are very common and not rare and expensive.
The existence of diamonds seems to prove the absurdity of this world. "Diamonds last forever, and one lasts forever." I believe many people have been tricked into jewelry stores by this advertisement and bought a beautiful gem for their beloved partner. In ancient times, diamonds were ornaments only possessed by royalty and nobility, and they were mainly used to show off, because there were few diamonds in the world at that time.
However, things changed in the19th century, and a huge diamond mine with tens of millions of carats was discovered in South Africa. 1888, a British diamond dealer named Rhodes founded De Beers Company. Since then, diamonds have entered the homes of ordinary people. Rhodes bought the whole diamond mine. In order not to let the diamond price collapse, he carefully controlled the output and engaged in hunger marketing.
In addition, he also thought of a seemingly romantic stunt. That is to associate diamonds with love. Diamonds symbolize eternity and love. You can only buy it, not sell it. 1950, the classic slogan: "A diamond lasts forever" was born.
In this way, De Beers took advantage of this beautiful feeling of love, made monopoly and marketing different, and applied the psychology of men and women in love to the extreme. Usually we will see many people selling cars and houses, but few people sell diamond rings. Since then, the demand for diamonds has been in short supply and the price has skyrocketed. But anyway, the element that makes it up is carbon!