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- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) abstract "The Star of South Africa, also known as the Dudley Diamond, is a 47.69 carats (9.538 g) white diamond found by a Griqua shepherd boy in 1869 on the banks of the Orange River. The original stone, before cutting, weighed 83.5 carats (16.70 g). The finding of this large diamond spurred the rush by many prospectors to this new diamond field, known as New Rush but later to be known as Kimberley.The shepherd sold the stone for the hefty price of 500 sheep, 10 oxen and a horse to Schalk van Niekerk, a neighboring farmer locally famous for having discovered a 21 and a quarter carat diamond in 1866 which he had sold for a good price.Van Niekerk sold the stone on to the Lilienfield Brothers in Hopetown for £11,200. The Lilienfield Brothers sent it to England where it changed hands twice before finally being bought by the Countess of Dudley for £25,000. William Ward, the Earl of Dudley had it mounted with 95 smaller diamonds in a head ornament.The diamond stayed in the Wards' possession until 2 May 1974 when it was sold on auction in Geneva for 1.6 million Swiss Francs, equivalent to around £225,300 (£1,988,020 as of 2014), at the time.It was last seen in public at the Vault of the Natural History Museum London, 8 July 2005 – 26 February 2006. A reproduction of the uncut and cut diamond is still on show there.".
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- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) wikiPageRevisionID "598235928".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) color "white".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) country Cape_Colony.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) cut "pear".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) found "1869".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) hasPhotoCollection Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond).
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) name "Dudley Diamond".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) name "Star of South Africa".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) originalOwner "Schalk van Niekerk".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) subject Category:1869_in_South_Africa.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) subject Category:Diamonds_originating_in_South_Africa.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) subject Category:Named_diamonds.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) subject Category:Northern_Cape.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Adornment102681518.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Artifact100021939.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Decoration103169390.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Diamond113371958.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Jewel103596787.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Jewelry103597469.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type NamedDiamonds.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Object100002684.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) type Whole100003553.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) comment "The Star of South Africa, also known as the Dudley Diamond, is a 47.69 carats (9.538 g) white diamond found by a Griqua shepherd boy in 1869 on the banks of the Orange River. The original stone, before cutting, weighed 83.5 carats (16.70 g).".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) label "Star of South Africa (diamond)".
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) sameAs m.06ztvk4.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) sameAs Q7601259.
- Star_of_South_Africa_(diamond) sameAs Q7601259.
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