Any Diamond – no matter how small!
Dad’s Super Pawn is the largest buyer of diamonds on the Gulf Coast. We’ll buy your diamond no matter what size, shape, color, cut or clarity. Our knowledgeable staff can quickly determine the quality and value of your diamond and offer you the best price!
Here are some fun facts about diamonds*:
- Early references to diamonds in India come from Sanskrit texts in the early part of the 3rd century BC.
- In his work Naturalis Historia, the Roman writer Pliny the Elder noted diamond's ornamental uses, as well as its usefulness to engravers because of its hardness.
- A Chinese work from the 3rd century BC mentions: "Foreigners wear it [diamond] in the belief that it can ward off evil influences".
- The modern era of diamond mining began in the 1860s in Kimberley, South Africa with the opening of the first large-scale diamond mine.
- Four characteristics known informally as the four Cs are now commonly used as the basic descriptors of diamonds: carat, cut, color, and clarity.
- Historically, it has been claimed that diamonds possess several supernatural powers, some of which are: cure for sleepwalking, calming the insane, ward off curses and enchantments, and driving off panics and pstilences.
*Source: Infogalactic
