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Premier Diamond Mine, Sammy Marks Museum and Smuts Museum
We travel through the tree-lined streets of the eastern suburbs of Pretoria, known as the Jacaranda City, to the town of Cullinan for a guided surface tour of the Premier Diamond Mine. View the craft, and antique shops and lunch nearby. We then move on to the Victorian mansion of magnate Sammy Marks, dating back to 1884 and then the house of Jan Christiaan Smuts, statesman,lawyer, botanist, and philosopher.
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| • When And How Was The Mine Discovered? |
Thomas Cullinan (later Sir Thomas), a successful Johannesburg businessman and amateur geologist, discovered the Premier kimberlite in 1898. His attention was drawn to the area by the alluvial diamonds that were being found in nearby stream. However doing business with the owners was impossible until after the Anglo-Boer War in 1902. Mining started in 1903 and in the first year of operation over 100 000 carats were recovered. It is still one of South Africa's largest and most productive diamond mines.
Premier Mine is world-famous for the discovery of the massive Cullinan diamond in 1905. It was found in the early surface workings and is still by far the largest gem diamond ever found. It weighed 3106 carat or 621 grams and was 10 cm long, 6 cm high and 5 cm thick. The stone was named after Thomas Cullinan and was sent to Amsterdam for splitting and cutting. The original stone was cut into nine large stones and 96 smaller brilliants. The four largest stones are known as The Stars of Africa". All nine large stones are either in the Crown Jewels or are owned by the British Royal Family
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