Who (or which race) first decided that Gold and diamonds were special/precious ,therefore making them valuable

Question

They cannot have been useful,just pretty (and rare).

Answer 1

The initial draw is visual appeal.

Gold is relatively soft so it's easy to shape. A lot of cultures used gold for decoration - Ancient Egyptians and the Aztecs, Incas. I'm sure the ancients thought they were working with sunbeams in solid form.

Diamonds - I'm not really familiar with how someone discovered cutting a diamond makes a get that catches the light. But the draw their is the visual. Diamonds were thought to be magical originating as tears from God.

With both gold and diamonds, supply/demand and bartering come into play. As more people, cultures, societies wanted those products, they became valuable as a commodity.

In ancient times, I'd give you a goat for that gold ring... and it progressed from there to current times.

Answer 2

the comparable as the different products furnish and insist. De Beers is sitting on the worlds diamond furnish and alter it protecting the provision purely decrease than the worlds call for.This drives the fee up continuously.Gold is a lot the comparable and likewise in super call for in electronics industry. Gold or silver is the terrific electricity conductor however the shortage stress us to apply copper particularly (as quickly as we are in a position to get it)

Answer 3

Romans.They introduced money.They selected rare metals gold and silver for making coins.Scarcity made them costly.All ancient civilizations were using silver or gold coins.Even for moder currecy till world war 1,Gold standard was followed.

Answer 4

Scarcity - Read Cialdini's book 'Influence'.

That and people like shiny sparkly things.

Answer 5

probably the first people to find them.

Answer 6

i decided it