Diamonds (Fred Ward Gem Book Series)
by Fred Ward, Charlotte Ward
John White is a Smithsonian Curator. This book is part of a set of seven of the most elegant and informative small books ever written on a carefully selected set of gem topics.

Diamonds--The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide: How to Select, Buy, Care for Diamonds With Confidence and Knowledge
by Antoinette L. Matlins
All the Information You Need to Buy, Collect, Sell--or Simply Enjoy--Diamonds with Confidence and Knowledge.

Famous Diamonds
by Ian Balfour
A history of great diamonds and their possessors
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Diamonds Famous & Fatal : The History, Mystery and Lore of the World's Most Famous Gem
by Leo P. Kendall
Leo Kendall shares his fascination for the ways in which diamonds have influenced the history of the world. All the major diamond finds of the centuries are chronicled, examined, and described.

The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World
by Stefan Kanfer
An enjoyable history of De Beers, the great business empire that founded a country, helped start a war, and funded the legendary Rhodes scholarships. Kanfer begins with the discovery, in 1867, of the first diamond in South Africa, found by a farm boy who noticed ``in the glare of the sun a glittering pebble.''

Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones
by Greg Campbell
The Dark Side of the Diamond business:"Conflict diamonds," or "blood diamonds," account for only three to four percent of all diamonds sold. They are mined in war zones, smuggled out of the country, and sold to legitimate companies, financing ruinous civil wars and the plots of international terrorists, including the al Qaeda network.