All over the world, India is deemed to be the region where diamonds are found at cheaper rates. This certainly has many other reasons as well.

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A sweet spot in the compromise between size and price, diamonds around the 0.70-ct mark make great engagement ring stones. A diamond budget of about $2,000 can get you a fine diamond at this weight.

In that article, three Ohio diamonds, all found in the last century, were described: a stone found in Cuyahoga County, south of Cleveland, about 1870; an occurrence in Hamilton County about 1880; and a discovery in 1899 in Clermont County.