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Discovery of the Initial Pebble
- When
- 1866
- Where
- Farm De Kalk on the banks of the Orange River, near Hopetown
Erasmus Jacobs found a small, brilliant pebble on the Orange River banks at the farm De Kalk near Hopetown in 1866.
Jacobs found the small, brilliant pebble on the banks of the Orange River, on the farm De Kalk, which was leased from local Griquas and was his father's farm, near Hopetown. The pebble was purchased from Jacobs's father by Schalk van Niekerk, who later sold it on again. The passages describe the find and its sale but do not state a causal link to a later diamond rush.
Sources
- Kimberley, South Africa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08
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