Question

Kimberley is famous for______.

Answer 1

Hint:The first diamond was found by a 15 year old boy named Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs in the year 1865 on the orange river near Hope town in Kimberley, South Africa. This diamond was found in the Eureka diamond.

Complete answer:
The largest mine of diamond in the world is found in Kimberley, South Africa. Thus, Kimberley is famous for diamonds. The largest diamond mine in the world which is known as “big hole” has its home in Kimberley in South Africa. The big hole was visible from space and that was dug by humans. This pit has yielded some of the largest diamonds in the world and it's due to this pit that De beers has made a name worldwide. The De beers consolidated mines limited is one of the dominant companies in the market of diamonds. The largest octahedral diamond crystal that was formed naturally is the Kimberly octahedral discovered in the Dutoitspan mine in the region of Kimberley of South Africa. The diamond mine of kimberley is a combination of an underground diamond mine and open pit in kimberley. After the discovery of diamond in kimberley, it was reported that around 50,000 miners had excavated around 22.5 tons of Rock that produced around 2,722 kg is of rough diamonds between the year 1871 and 1914. In 2005 the pit became profitable and dangerous and thus, the mind stopped operating.

Note: Some of the largest diamonds in the world have been yielded from a “big hole” located in kimberley in South Africa and this pit is the largest diamond mine in the world. It was dug by humans since it was visible from space.