Editing Engagement ring (section)

===Victorian era===
In South Africa, diamonds were first found in 1866, although they were not identified as such until 1867.<ref name="Hazen1999">{{cite book|author=Robert M. Hazen|title=The Diamond Makers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNJQok6N9_MC&pg=PA11|date=22 July 1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65474-6|pages=11–}}</ref><ref name="Chisholm1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Diamond |volume= 08 |last1= Miers |first1= Henry Alexander |author-link= Henry Alexander Miers | pages = 158&ndash;164; see page 160, para five |quote= South Africa.—-The first discovery was made in 1867 by Dr W. G. Atherstone....}}</ref> By 1872, the output of the diamond mines exceeded one million carats per year.<ref name="Reunert1893">{{cite book |last=Reunert |first=Theodore |title=Diamonds and gold in South Africa |url=https://archive.org/details/diamondsandgold01reungoog |access-date=5 November 2013 |year=1893 |publisher=J. C. Juta & Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/diamondsandgold01reungoog/page/n193 126]}}</ref> As production increased, those of lesser means were able to join in on this movement. However, diamond engagement rings were for a long time seen as the domain of the nobility and aristocracy, and tradition often favoured simpler engagement bands.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

In 1852, the [[Koh-i-Noor]] diamond was re-cut and embellished in Queen Victoria's crown. This triggered a diamond rush throughout the world.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}