EconomicSouth Africa·29 Oct 2026
The history of the Cullinan diamond and its inclusion in the royal sceptre
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On January 26, 1905, Frederick Wells, a surface manager at the Premier Mine in South Africa, discovered a 3,106-carat rough diamond that was named the Cullinan. Following its discovery, the Transvaal government purchased the stone and presented it to Britain’s King Edward VII in 1907. The firm Asscher in Amsterdam spent eight months cutting the crystal into…
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