Harlow, George E., ed., and the American Museum of Natural History.The Nature of Diamonds. Cambridge University Press, 1997. A comprehensive history of the diamond, with more than 200 photos, most of them in color.
Kanfer, Stefan.The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World. Farrar Strauss & Giroux, 1995. A history of the 19th-century diamond rush that converted Johannes De Beer's humble South African homestead into an empire.