THE ORIGIN OF THE BIG HOLE, KIMBERLEY
Oct 02, 2020
2 minutes
– Kyra Tarr
In 1867, 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs picked up a pretty pebble on his family’s farm De Kalk, near Hopetown. The rock found its way to a geologist in Grahamstown, Dr William Atherstone, who classified it as a 21.25-carat diamond. The stone was dubbed the Eureka.
This kicked up some excitement, but it wasn’t
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