Episode 2 of 2
Discovery of the Star of South Africa
- When
- 1869
- Where
- Nearby the original find site (29°3′S 23°58′E), associated with Hopetown
Three years after the pebble find, an 83.5-carat diamond known as the Star of South Africa was found nearby, within the 1867–1869 window.
Three years after the initial pebble discovery, an 83.5-carat (16.7 g) diamond, which became known as the Star of South Africa, was found nearby the De Kalk/Orange River site, at 29°3′S 23°58′E. Hopetown sources associate the Eureka Diamond and the Star of South Africa with finds at Hopetown between 1867 and 1869, though the passage describing the Star's discovery names no locality beyond 'nearby'.
Sources
- Kimberley, South Africa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08
- Hopetown Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.