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The History of Diamonds: Kings, Empires, Blood & Brilliance | Sleep Story (Rain Sounds)
Drift off tonight to the slow, four-billion-year story of the diamond. From crushing pressure deep in the earth's mantle to the crown jewels of empires and the marketing campaign that convinced the world "a diamond is forever."
In this soothing, rain-soaked history episode, we trace diamonds from their violent volcanic birth through India's ancient Golconda mines, the courts of medieval Europe, the Kimberley diamond rush and the founding of De Beers, the true stories behind the Hope Diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, and the Cullinan, and finally into the modern world of lab-grown stones and…
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