The precise origin of diamond stud is still not truly known. However, it is believed that the first jewelry ever discovered in South Africa was done so by a fifteen year old boy by the name of Erasmus Jacobs. While searching for a stick to clear a drain one day, he picked up a stone sparkling in the sunlight and gave it to his sister. It was seen by a friend of the family and was ultimately discovered to be a 21.25 carat stone.
Up to the fourth century, diamond were known only in their rough, or crystalline forms. They came in a variety of shapes, the most common being the octahedron. This was a crystal with eight faces, resembling two pyramids joined at their bases.
The diamonds on the bracelet are no longer only rice shaped but round, potato, and rondel are some of the shapes which can be found now in bracelet designs. titanium ring is the graceful jeweled piece.