A diamond pendant is a very popular item that has long standing style. It is always fun to show off a diamond. Diamonds are elegant, beautiful, and they never seem to lose value over time.

Diamonds have been given as signs of status since around the fifteenth century, up until that point they were not the favored gem stone the Ruby was. Diamonds were historically used before the fifteenth century not as adornments but as tools, they were valued for their strength. Royal families around the world began to covet the stones; this of course trickled down to the masses. Diamonds were initially mined out of India, but as the demand increased the mines quickly dried up.

Around the mid sixteenth century diamonds began appearing more and more as pendants, up until the sixteenth century the favored display for diamonds was a ring. It grew in popularity, as a way to display larger stones, stones that would look out of place set in a ring. The diamond mining trade moved to Africa.

Today a diamond pendant is still the favored way to display larger stones.

A favored style is the triple pendant, the three diamonds set together in a pendant are used to symbolize the past, the present and the future. The diamonds can be set side by side or in a above and below fashion. The diamonds can be all one size or sometimes they are three stones that go from smaller to larger. The settings are always a precious metal setting in either gold or platinum, silver is rarely used. White gold or yellow gold can be used. Depending on the total weight of the diamonds will dictate the thickness of the chain that the pendant is suspended from. It is favored as a gift between couples.

A diamond pendant is a wonderful way to display a diamond or many diamonds. They are often passed down through the generations and become family heirlooms.

No woman can say no do a beautiful diamond pendant. There are whole slews of pendants to choose from at any jeweler, all of which gorgeous.