ZA Gemstones found here: South Africa
4 deposits listed · 3 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
Bushberg Prehnite Pockets · prehnite
Where prehnite was first described (1788) — Bushberg's butterscotch-green botryoidal masses defined the species and still surface …
Cullinan Premier Mine · diamond
Source of the 3106-carat Cullinan diamond (1905), split into the Great Star of Africa in the British scepter; still produces rare …
Kimberley Big Hole · diamond
The hand-dug Big Hole yielded 2722 kg of diamonds by 1914 and birthed De Beers. Kimberlite pipes named a geological era; Type IIb …
Wessels Kalahari Mine · rhodochrosite
Kalahari manganese fields produced the world's finest pink rhodochrosite crystals in 1980s pockets — Wessels specimens top mineral…