If April showers have gotten to you, come out to see Achikian Goldsmith's inventory of loose and set diamonds, sparkling, breathtaking, and affordable! Remember, the diamond is April's birthstone--for you or for the one you love.

The word, diamond, comes from the Greek word, adamas, meaning unconquerable. Unconquerable to us means the hardness, which rates a ten on the MOHS Table of Hardness.

At one time, only men wore diamonds. In the mid-19th century, Agnes Sorel, mistress to King Charles VII of France, began wearing diamonds, beginning a new fashion for women!

Historically, diamonds were considered a talisman against phantoms and nightmares. They were also supposed to give courage and virtue to soldiers in battle.