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The Excelsior Diamond is a gem-quality diamond, and was the largest known diamond in the world from the time of its discovery in 1893 until 1905, when the Cullinan Diamond was found. It was found on June 30, 1893, at the Jagersfontein Mine in South Africa , 130 kilometres (81 miles) south east of Kimberley whose fame as a diamond mining center ...
The 972 carats (194.4 g) Excelsior diamond, the largest found at the Jagersfontein Mine. The sixth-largest diamond in the world, the Jubilee , found at the Jagersfontein Mine. Jagersfontein Mine / ˌ j eɪ ɡ ər z ˈ f ɒ n t eɪ n / was an open-pit mine in South Africa , located close to the town of Jagersfontein and about 110 kilometres (68 ...
A diamond rush started in 1870 after farmer J.J. de Klerk found a 50 carat (10 g) diamond. This was about three years before diamonds were discovered 130 km away at Kimberley. Jagersfontein is known for many great finds, such as: the 972 carat (194.4 g) Excelsior Diamond of 1893 and; the 637 carat (127.4 g) Reitz Diamond of 1895.
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Newspapers called it the "Cullinan Diamond", a reference to Sir Thomas Cullinan, who opened the mine in 1902. [5] It was three times the size of the Excelsior Diamond, found in 1893 at Jagersfontein Mine, weighing 972 carats (194.4 g). Four of its eight surfaces were smooth, indicating that it once had been part of a much larger stone broken up ...
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This is a partial list of the largest non-synthetic diamonds with a rough stone (uncut) weight of over 200 carats (40 grams). [1] The list is not intended to be complete—e.g., the Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced.