Why I Launched This Jewellery Curiosity Blog (The Strange, Sparkling Rabbit Hole I Couldn't Resist) Hey, welcome — if you're the kind of person who gets lost for hours reading about cursed diamonds, ancient burial bling, or the fact that most natural diamonds on Earth are billions of years old (older than dinosaurs, actually), then you've found your corner of the internet. I started this blog because jewellery isn't just pretty things people wear — it's one of the strangest, most story-packed corners of human history, science, and superstition. Every time I stumble across another bizarre fact (like how some Victorian mourning jewellery was woven from actual human hair, or how the Hope Diamond supposedly dooms its owners), I think: Why isn't everyone talking about this? So here we are. No styling tips, no shopping hauls, no private tales — just deep dives into diamond origins that go back over 3 billion years, legendary stones with body counts, weird historical jewellery customs, forgotten mining horrors, cosmic carbon facts, and all the other oddities that make gems endlessly fascinating in 2026.