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  • The
    Golden
    Jubilee

    The Golden Jubilee is the largest
    faceted diamon in the world...

    More famous diamonds

  • How
    diamonds
    are formed

    Under conditions of intense heat and pressure
    deep within the Earth...

    More about diamond formation

  • The
    Kimberley
    mine

    Roadways between diggings in the
    Kimberley mine in 1872.

    More about diamond mining

  • Rough
    diamond
    sorting

    Separating gravel from rough diamonds
    in the early days of diamond mining

    More about South African Diamond History

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Experience

The Cape Town Diamond Museum is the only one of its kind.

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Replicas of all the worlds famous diamonds under one roof...

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The history of the South African diamond rush and how it all...

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Learn

How rough diamonds are transformed into creations of fire...

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Oldest substance known to man

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