2007-10-03 20:50:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
As you just said in your question, the key word is most valuable, not cursed. Less valuable diamonds don't draw so much attention therefore less people know about them, less people want to own them, less people fight for them which leads to less bloodshed.
If you were able to create a natural extremely valuable special diamond and throw it on the free market or even better into a jungle/mine (that's where it all starts) you could be sure a lot of people would get killed before it reached the western market again.
2007-10-03 21:24:12 · answer #1 · answered by Searcher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence to support this belief. The greed and competitiveness involved in trying to acquire such diamonds may well, however, lead to crime and misery.
Below is an interesting article on the history of the world's most valuable diamonds.
2007-10-03 20:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by historybuff 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say coursed, I would say more full of greed. With values beyond what some people will make in a life time, be sure that there will always be someone that would do anything to get their hands on them. There are diamonds that people don't know about and have managed to be owned by families for centuries without a problem. Is like Paris Hilton, she is a nice young girl with the same attitude and predeposition to do stupid stuff as any other girl her age, but since no one else know about other girls that are famous they don't pick on them.
2007-10-03 20:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by wiseornotyoudecide 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do not know about other diamonds, but I do know about the "Kohinoor" diamond. There was no curse on it, but the British stole it away from India and are still not returning it. Could this be a curse?
2007-10-03 20:54:31 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Girishkumar TS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in curses, but see below a wonderful book about imperial green jade. It mostly comes from a hellish site in Myanmar and seems to have brought misery not only to the poor devils who work in its mines (drug addiction, AIDS), but even the wealthy patrons like the American Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton who bought the extraordinarily beautiful jewelry made from it. One of the Q'ing dynasty emperors of China amassed a huge collection which was looted by the Western imperialists.
2007-10-03 21:50:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there's a curse on these diamonds. They were regarded as symbols of great power and wealth, which may have triggered a series of extremely unfortunate events.
2007-10-03 21:10:56 · answer #6 · answered by mai 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cursed, no. Ruin men, yes, some. As can any great wealth.
2007-10-03 20:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by Howard H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes look at the history of the hore diamond
2007-10-03 20:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is sheer foolishness to think inanimate objects have such powers.
2007-10-03 20:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋