13. Some Rockwell Diamonds
51 carats
Spotless D
US$1.3M
(US$25,750/carat)
49 carats
D
US$1.0M
(US$21,200/carat)
34 carats
Vivid Yellow
US$720,000
(US$21,100/carat)
54 carats
Fancy Yellow
US$432,000
(US$8,000/carat)
156 carats
Flawless D
US$5.7M
(US$37,000/carat)
39 carats
Flawless D
US$858,000
(US$22,000/carat)
152 carats
Flawless D
US$4.3M
(US$28,000/carat)
132 carats
Intense Yellow
US$1.6M
(US$12,200/carat)
14.
15. Source of Diamonds – N Cape
“After the passing of many moons, and when there was great
sorrow in the land, a spirit, pitying the wants and difficulties of
mankind, descended from Heaven with a huge basket filled
with diamonds. The spirit flew over the Vaal River, starting
beyond Delport’s Hope, and dropping diamonds as it sped on;
past Barkly West and Klipdam it flew along towards a place
now called Kimberley”:-
- according to a native legend regarding the origin of
diamonds in Griqualand West (now the Northern Cape
Province of South Africa), from “The Romance and Reality of
the Vaal Diamond Diggings” by T L Terpend and George Beet
(~1931)
