[DOC] [TLE] Discovery Of Diamonds In Africa - World History International [PAR] On the Orange River, thirty miles above its junction with the Vaal, was the hamlet 
... existence of a South African diamond-field at the time of the actual discovery of 
... of diamonds to the world, although these precious stones were often picked up 
... which he found one day in the early spring of 1867, but carried it home in his... [DOC] [TLE] A History of Diamond Sources in Africa: Part I - GIA [PAR] enter the gem market originated from these African deposits. In addition, much of 
our .... found in late 1866 or early 1867 on De Kalk farm near the Orange River. [DOC] [TLE] Mining industry of South Africa - Wikipedia [PAR] Mining in South Africa has been the main driving force behind the history and 
development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy, after Nigeria. Large 
scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks 
of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery 
and ... In 1868, the republic attempted to annex areas near newly discovered... [DOC] [TLE] South African Diamonds - an overview of the history of diamonds in ... [PAR] The first South African diamond was discovered in 1867 by a 15 year-old boy ... 
the banks of the Orange River near Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province. ... 
Before the discovery of diamonds in Kimberley, the gems were very rare and only 
found in ... Three years later, these Kimberlite pipes produced the world`s biggest
... [DOC] [TLE] DIAMONDS (Western Colonialism) - In Depth Tutorials and Information [PAR] In 1867 a pretty pebble found near the Orange River in South Africa was ... These 
claims, along with contestations for economic and political control of ... The first 
rush for diamonds was followed by a gold rush to South Africa a few years later. 
... it was surpassed by Johannesburg when gold mining started in earnest in 
1887. [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of the Modern Diamond Industry  Watchtower ONLINE ... [PAR] The man who found the diamond sold it to the priest in charge of the Berlin 
Mission ... the Orange River, a few miles south of its confluence with the Vaal 
River. ... Thus, the river diggers began their rush to the area where Adrian van 
Wyk's farm ... Prior to South Africa's early diamond discoveries, these precious 
gems were... [DOC] [TLE] Heyday of diamond mining - The Solomon Edwardian Guest House [PAR] 1869: The Star of South Africa, an 83.5 carat rough diamond, is discovered by a 
Griqua ... The northern Cape in March 1867 was a hot and desolate place. ... on 
their farm De Kalk near Hopetown (120km south of present day Kimberley). ... At 
the height of the rush to these river diggings, diamonds were found in the mud... [DOC] [TLE] Introduction to Diamonds - Geohavens [PAR] In 1867 a 21-carat stone was discovered on the banks of the Orange River near 
... A great diamond rush started, and new deposits were discovered that were ... 
city of the diamond trade, Golconda, was fabled to be the source of these gems. 
... South Africa's alluvial diamond deposits were discovered near the Orange 
River. [DOC] [TLE] The Diamond Fields of South Africa - Internet History Sourcebooks [PAR] THE first known finding of a diamond in South Africa was as recent as 1867, and 
this ... in the northern limits of the Cape Colony, and south of the Orange River. .... 
These "river" diggers have this in their favor,---that the stones found near the river 
.... surface called the Colesberg Kopje, the New Rush, or the Kimberley mine. [DOC] [TLE] Diamonds, Gold, and South Africa - MyGeologyPage [PAR] In 1867 a pretty pebble found near the Orange River, in the wilds of South Africa, 
was ... By the end of 1870 there was a diamond rush, and by the end of 1871 two 
... Large quantities of diamonds began to appear on the market in Antwerp in 
1908. ... De Beers holds 50% of these through its subsidiary Debswana (De 
Beers... [DOC] [TLE] The Kimberley Process [PAR]

Question: Found near the Orange River in 1867, these gems started a rush to southern Africa
Answer: Diamonds