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Cullinan V is an 18.8-carat (3.76 g) heart-shaped diamond set in the centre of a platinum brooch that formed a part of the stomacher made for Queen Mary to wear at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. The brooch was designed to show off Cullinan V and is pavé-set with a border of smaller diamonds.
Cullinan is a small town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is located 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Pretoria along the diamond route and is heavily reliant on tourism and the mine that dominates the skyline.
Sir Thomas Cullinan (12 February 1862 – 23 August 1936) was a South African diamond magnate. He is renowned for giving his name to the Cullinan Diamond , the largest diamond ever discovered, and as owner of the Premier Mine , now renamed the Cullinan Mine, from which the famous gem was extracted on 26 January 1905.
The 94.4-carat pear-shaped Cullinan III and the 63.6-carat square-cut Cullinan IV were originally set into Queen Mary's coronation crown (which also held the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond).
Cullinan (surname), a surname; Rolls-Royce Cullinan, an ultra-luxury SUV produced by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars; Cullinan, Gauteng, a small town in South Africa; Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found; Cullinan Finance, an SIV (structured investment vehicle) run by HSBC; The Cullinan, a residential estate in Hong Kong
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
The name Gauteng is derived from Sotho-Tswana gauta, meaning 'gold'. [10] There was a thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg. [11]
Approximately 100 black families who identify as Afrikaners live in the settlement of Onverwacht, established in 1886 near the mining town of Cullinan. Members of the community descend from the freed slaves who had been with the Voortrekkers who settled in the area. [95] [96] [97] [98]