 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Nooitgedacht (66), Kimberley South Africa M.C.J. de Wit De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Africa Exploration. P.O...0046, South Africa E-mail: mike.dewit@debeersgroup.com © 2004 Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT...records are incomplete, at least 80 000 carats of diamond had been recovered by 1963 with an average stone...of the biggest alluvial diamond ever found in South Africa, the Venter diamond (511.25cts). The farm can...east bank of the Vaal River just upstream from Barkly West and 15km northwest of Kimberley (Figure 1). Nooitgedacht |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DE WIT 53 Canteen Koppie at Barkly West: South Africa’s first diamond mine M.C.J. de Wit Department...Geology, Pretoria University, South Africa Present address: BRC Diamond Corporation, 14 Avenue Sergent...mdewit@brcdiamond.com © 2008 March Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT Canteen Koppie, a national monument...monument of historical value, occurs next to Barkly West on the north bank of the Vaal River. Diamonds were...1869 and it became the first alluvial diamond diggings in South Africa. The digging continued, albeit on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mechanized miningoperaresult of the work of Krige in the South African tion. The independent minersanddiggers nowtook...thesediaTheseare the alluvialdiamonddepositsof the Cape mondsto the localcanteen-operators (Cohen,1911,...Alluvial Diamond Diggings of the Griquaclaimed by theGovernor duringthemiddleof 1872. land West Area of...of the Cape Province Thesebeganwith the requirement of a licenseto buyandselldiamonds andto keepa registerof...includingthe date,the consignee, and (Griqualand West, The first South African diamondswere discovered theweightof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3JH, UK Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa Publication details, including instructions...Department of Social Anthropology , University of Cape Town Published online: 26 Mar 2010. To cite this...GRAVELS, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 16:1, 77-102, DOI: 10.1080/00359192809519659...Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. (With Plates VI-XVI, Map, and nine Text-figures..."Several years ago I mapped the gravels round Barkly West, where the first diamonds were discovered, and |  | | Report (issue) | | Catalogue ian yan Sera a Age Artefacts from Southern Africa in The British Museum Peter Mitchell A with...Catalogue of Stone Age Artefacts from Southern Africa in The British Museum Peter Mitchell with contributions...Catalogue of Stone Age Artefacts from Southern Africa in The British Museum Peter Mitchell with contributions...cover:Acheulean handaxes and cleavers, Pniel, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (photograph, P. Mitchell) For...Southern Africa Physiography Climate Ecological zones Historical Geography of Southern Africa 2. Southern |  | | Book (edition) | | Metallurgy, Glasgow Technical College and VicePresident, West of Scotland Iron and Steel Institute. With 25 ;...OF CAPE COLONY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENCE SERIES. EDMONDS' for (H.) ELEMENTARY BOTANY, South Africa...PLANTS AND THEIR WAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA. By BERTHA STONEMAN, Huguenot ton, South Africa. grams, and Map. With...College, Welling- Illustrations, 3s. Dia- 6d. SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS : for the use of Beginners...AND CALCUTTA. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF CAPE COLONY BY A. W. KOGEBS, D.Sc., F.G.S. AND L |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | ClI- 27 THE ALLUVIAL DIAMOND DEPOSITS OF THE LOWER VAAL RIVER BETWEEN BARKLY WEST AND THE VAAL-HARTS CONFLUENCE...CONFLUENCE IN THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA By FABRICE GILBERT MATHEYS B.Sc. (Hons) Thesis... ABSTRACT The between diamond deposits along the Vaal River, alluvial Barkly West and the Vaal-Harts...at most of these mineral s are locally derived. Diamond grade variations within the Younger Gravels are...Alluvial the tectonic the by channel width and diamond exploration setting, the palaeo- stability |  | | Book | | monographs devoted to the petrology of primary diamond-bearing rocks. It should be noted that, in common...about upper mantle xenoliths or exploration for diamond. The principal objective of this work is to present...present a revised terminology for primary diamond-bearing rocks. To this end orangeites are recognized...discovery of these rocks in the Orange Free State of South Africa. The name is not a new one: In 1928, Percy Wagner...this day, highly speculative. Although primary diamond-bearing rocks are relatively rare rock types, they |  | | Book (volume) | | THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA VOL. I THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA WILL] PORTRAIT...PORTRAIT OF GARDNER F. WILLIAMS. THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA BY GARDNER F. WILLIAMS, M.A. GENERAL...interesting illustrations. GARDNER KIMBERLEV, SOUTH AFRICA, AUGUST, 1904. 9628 / F. WILLIAMS. Contents...Romance of Noted Golconda. in India. Mining The Diamond. Physical Characteristics of the Diamonds. I...Bartholomeu Dias A.D. Phoenicians of Sheba. around Africa, 600 B.C. Crosses at Angra Pequena and Algoa Bay |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | East River Road, #1317 Tucson, AZ 85750 Natural diamond crystals are among the most elegant and charismatic...for world diamonds, and by the Russian Diamond Fund. Diamond can hardly be said to be a rare mineral...January–February, 2004 species. One of the early diamond specialists was the British collector Sir Abraham...Hume (1749–1838), whose fine collection of 107 diamond crystals was cataloged by Count de Bournon in 1815...dealer Henry Heuland), possessed 109 examples of diamond. Armand Levy, who prepared Turner’s published collection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | —FEBBTJABY, 1871. ABTICLES. I.—ON THE DIAMOND F I E L D S OP SOUTH AFRICA. By T. RTJPEKT JONES, F.G.S., Professor...Colleges, Sandhurst. DIAMOND BEGION.—The diamond-bearing region in South Africa, as at present known...miles) south-west of Potscherfstroom (Transvaal), is the reported locality of the most northern diamond-find...sides of the river, at Hebron, Klipdrift (near Pniel), Zitzikamma, Vogeletruis Pan, " Sitlacomie's Village...; and on the south side of tiie Orange Eiver, they have been found some miles north-west of Hopetown, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kroonstad group II kimberlite (orangeite) cluster, South Africa: Evolution of the magma within the cluster Geoffrey...Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...evolutionary trend is also linked with diamond characteristics. In particular diamond parcels at the Voorspoed pipe...town of Kroonstad in the Free State Province of South Africa (Fig. 1) and is made up of six pipes and numerous...believed to be unique to the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa, however recent studies present data indicating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inch in thickness. 2. On the DIAmOnD-GRAVELSof the VAAL Rt'WiZ~R,SOUTH AI~RICA. By GSORGS W. STOW, Esq...Esq., of Queenstown, Cape Colony. (Communicated, with Notes and Descriptions of the Specimens, by Prof... 1. Section II. The deposits at Klip Drift and Pniel. Section III. Hebron and Diamondia : figs. 2, and...features.--In travelling from the colony to the diamond-ileitis on the banks of the Van1, the last shales...Mr. Stow alludes to my paper "On the Diamond Fields of South Africa" in the ' Geological Magazine' for |  | | Book | | Diamond Geology Published on www.debeersgroup.com Index A) Classification and genetic models B) Exploration...Sample Treatment D) World Production E) South African Diamond Occurrences 1. Large Kimberlite Mines 1...kimberlites in South Africa 2.1 The Oaks 2.2 The Zebediela Kimberlites 2.3 The Bellsbank-Barkly West Area 2.4...River 3.3 Bushmanland 3.4 The Lower Orange River 3.5 West Coast Onshore Deposits 3.5.1 Koingnaas Complex 3...Alexander Bay 4. Marine Deposits (West Coast Offshore) F) Glossary of Terms Diamond Geology Page 2 www.debeersgroup |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tm~ conditions under which diamonds occur in South Africa are quite different from those of every other...almost dug out with a spade. OF DIAMONDS I N SOUTH AFRICA. ~5 It is of greenish or yellowish eolour;...recently sold for -s A very well known fact on the diamond-fields, and one rather in fa'~our of the euphotide...of the diamonds from the various diggings, that diamond=buyers can generally tell by the appearance of...therefore not so * Specimen recently sent by Sir H. Barkly. 56 E. J'. DUNN ON T H E MODE OF OCCURRENCZ |  | | Book (edition) | | iMi THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR AND DEVELOPMENT RISE BY GARDNER F. ...Towns 407 450 . Formation of the Diamond 479 XVII. The Diamond Market XVIII. Cutting and Polishing...House, Achter Brand Solder Cape Cart The Gate 81 82 . Herd of Cape Goats Cellar. Tatr, 1757 ... Mr. Lorenzo Boyes Dr. W. Guybon Atherstone Pniel Diggings 139 Hope, Vaal River Diggings 142 Camps...ILLUSTRATIONS IX PAGE River Diggings, Waldek Plant 51 Pniel Diggings, Vaal River 52 Klip-drift, Early River |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of orangeites (Group II kimberlite) from southem Africa. Phlogopite grains from the Damodar alkaline rocks...depths of >150 km, within the stability field of diamond. KEYWORDS: orangeite, Group II kimberlite, 4~...Introduction UNDERSTANDINGthe origin of primary diamond deposits requires an accurate knowledge of the...al., 9 1998 The Mineralogical Society craton, diamond. 1983; Middlemost et al., 1988; Rock et al., 1992)...orangeites from the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa, and the diamond-rich (5 CM/100 t) Aries kimberlite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DIAMONDS AT THE CAPE OF GOOD H O P E . ByW. GUYBON ATHERSTONE, M.D., F.G.S., of Graham's Town, Cape of Good... Dr. Atkerstone—On Diamonds at the Cape. 209 of the Cape diamond discovery to be " false," " an imposture...stating that, from the geological character of the district which he had lately very carefully and thoroughly...conclusions, I will give a brief history of the diamond discovery so far as I am concerned; and I forward...Mr. Lorenzo Boyes, Clerk of the Peace for that district, of which the following is a verbatim copy:— COLESBERG |  | | Book | | Reunert's Diamond Mines of South Africa. ADVERTISEMENTS. A REVELATION. The frequent the transactions... more SOUTH . 25 MILLIONS -65 . than 1843 IT . . 13 OF POUNDS. 32 AFRICA—CAPE TOWN, ... PLAN L THE OF EG NERA FIELDS WEST. AFRICA. DIAMOND GRIQUALND SOUTH [Reproduced , with permission...permission, from the Map of n an d South African Exploration Company.] ADVERTISEMENTS. £. BVlRfllESTW... VS, GOODS, Street, (BURMESTER’S BUILDINGS) CAPE SOLE Berlin AGENT FOR TOWN, THE CELEBRATED |  | | Book (volume) | | l ..,_ • ••' f..J r) THE GENESIS OF T H E DIAMOND By ALPHEUS F. WILLIAMS, B.Sc. GENERAL MANAGER...of the rise and development of the diamond mines of South Africa, from an historical, economic and technical...account of the development of the De Beers group of diamond mines, together with an account of the famous people...played such a great part in the development of the diamond industry and at a later date in the development...the diamond fields when the mines in the Kimberley and Jagersfontein areas were the only diamond mines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | supposed to take precedence of other gems; the The diamond, as we all know, is composed of pure carbon clay...in pursuit of a band of marauding Indians, The diamond was long known in Asia, in Hindostan, Bar· found...canteens were dry, covered elsewhere; the district from Cape Comorin to the But.over the mines, or diamondiferous...wandered for three days On the eastern coast of South Africa two rivers, the Vaal "hard pan," but proved...mucous membranes of the mouth was so much impaired west, and unite at some two hundred and fifty miles from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | supposed to take precedence of other gems; the The diamond, as we all know, is composed of pure carbon clay...in pursuit of a band of marauding Indians, The diamond was long known in Asia, in Hindostan, Bar· found...canteens were dry, covered elsewhere; the district from Cape Comorin to the But.over the mines, or diamondiferous...wandered for three days On the eastern coast of South Africa two rivers, the Vaal "hard pan," but proved...mucous membranes of the mouth was so much impaired west, and unite at some two hundred and fifty miles from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wesselton and Dutoitspan kimberlite diatremes, S. Africa (WAGNER, 1914; WILLIAMS, 1932), in several other...groundmass of a kimberlite dyke on the farm Pniel, Barkly West, S. Africa ~ERLANK,1973) and amphibole in the kimberfite...Buitfontei~, WesseIton and Premier kimberlites fall S. Africa), the Artura Paiva kimberlite, Angola, and the...ene-ilmenite intergrowths-CII (Smith and DAWSON(1975a); diamond inclusion data-MEYER and et al., 1973); and mica...unpublished data). SVIZERO (1975),PRINZ et al. (1975); diamond intergrowth data-SonoLEv (1974). Fig. 7. Plot |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thickness. 2. " On the Geology of the Diamond-fields of South Africa." By Dr. John Shaw, of Oolesberg. Communicated...On the Diamond-gravels of the Vaal River, South Africa." By G. W. Stow, Esq., of Queenstown, Cape Colony...diamonds have been found, from Mamusa on the south-west to the headwaters of the Vaal and Orange Eivers...clays, and boulder-drifts of the Vaal Valley, near Pniel, including Hebron, Diamondia, Cawood's Hope, Gong...commented on the large size of the diamonds from the Cape, of which he had within the last few months seen |  | | Book | | discovery of diamonds in a remote region of the Cape, in the middle of the last century, attracted an...of adventurers to South Africa. From all over the world men flocked to the diamond fields in the hopes...of making a quick fortune. When diamond digging gave way to diamond mining, a struggle developed for...documents and unpublished material, explores the diamond magnates’ personalities with revealing candour...Crown Terrace, Aberdeen ROBERTS, The Brian diamond 411,996 magnates 338.2782 Digitized by the |
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