The largest gem-quality #diamond ever found was unearthed at Premier Mine in #SouthAfrica on #ThisDayInHistory in 1905. The #CullinanDiamond weighed 3106.75 carats, and was cut apart into the largest finished diamonds ever made, many of them now fixed in the British #CrownJewels.
💎 A diamond hoax.
⚔️ A general shot by his own men.
🦗 Crickets that predict the temperature?
Three true stories, stranger than fiction, in this 1930s Strange As It Seems radio broadcast.
🎧 Listen: youtu.be/pJv93MHwb60
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An updated version of the series' cover drawing showing a museum shelf with meanwhile four objects: the wooden figure from episode 1 on the top left slot, episode 2's golden crown top centre, the Rosetta Stone from episode 3 in the lower left, right next to it episode 4's two taxidermied lions, above them the Okukor rooster from episode 5 - and now the Cullinan Diamond left to the rooster and below the golden crown.
Part 6 of @thecontinent.org 's #MuseumOfStolenHistory tells us about the largest rough diamond ever found in Africa: the mighty #CullinanDiamond, which - discovered in 1905 - now lives on in several pieces, most of them embedded in: Britain's Crown Jewels.
continent.substack.com/p/the-museum...
Do you know the name of the largest diamond in the world, which was discovered on January 26, 1905?
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#gemdiscovery #gem #historicfind #diamondhistory #cullinan
Africa’s Diamond, Britain’s Crown
On this day in 1905, the Cullinan is discovered.
All videos edited by me. 😌
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