1866, a man named Danny Jocobb discovered the first diamond in South Africa. One day, Danny, who has a hobby of collecting beautiful stones, came to Hope Town, 20 kilometers away from Kimberly/Kloc-0, to visit his friend Jacobs' family in Decock Farm. At that time, Jacobs' youngest son was playing with a group of children. Danny found a very special pebble among the stones where they were playing games, so he asked where he found it. Danny likes this pebble very much. Just as he opened his mouth to ask, Mrs. Jacobs generously said, "If you like it, you can have it." Danny Joe Cobb took away this "pebble" destined to go down in South African history-it was finally identified as a diamond weighing 2 1.25 carats by Dr. Arthur Si Tong, a geologist living in Grahamston. However, it was not this diamond named "Eureka" that triggered the craze for finding diamonds in South Africa, but the second diamond that Danny Jocobb got three years later.

This second "small stone" is no longer something that Danny can easily get. It took him 500 sheep, 65,438+00 cows and 65,438+0 horses to get it from a shepherd in Grikwa. This price was later proved to be worth the money-it was identified as a diamond weighing 83.5 carats. The discovery of this diamond, later named "star of south africa", made the British colonial minister in Cape Town eager to announce to the world that South Africa's future success would be based on this diamond.

Countless people with rich dreams flocked to South Africa and Kimberly.

If gold mining is hard and dangerous work under the stratum, then diamond mining is another scene, and they may even call it "gentleman's mine".

The traditional mining method of diamond mines is to dig down from the ground in the open air, which is popularly called "digging a big pit".

In Kimberly, there are many large mines, and these huge potholes left on the earth will always amaze tourists, and even think: How can you dig such a natural-looking pit by manpower?

Many people may not believe that although South Africa is rich in diamonds, it is almost impossible for you to buy cheap diamonds in South Africa. Because the diamond industry is a highly monopolized industry, diamonds everywhere have a global monopoly price, which means that really good diamonds, whether bought in diamond jewelry stores in South Africa or other countries, have similar prices.