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South Africa's buried treasures

South Africa's buried treasures

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May 09, 2024
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Dazzling gems: the story of a diamond rush

The Star of South Africa

In the same year that the Jesse James gang went on a bank robbery spree in Missouri, a couple of teens on the other side of the world were playing alongside a river. The year was 1867. The place the boys called home was not that different from the American West. They lived near Hopetown, …

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