V.—A Description of the Big Diamond recently found in the Premier Mine, Transvaal | Semantic Scholar
@article{Hatch1905VADO,
title={V.—A Description of the Big Diamond recently found in the Premier Mine, Transvaal},
author={Frederick H. Hatch and Geo S. Corstorphine},
journal={Geological Magazine},
year={1905},
volume={2},
pages={170 - 172},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129350739}
}Great interest has been excited, not only in the Transvaal, but throughout the world, by the discovery at the Premier Mine, on Wednesday, the 25th January, 1905, of the largest diamond hitherto known. The stone was found by Mr. Wells, Surface Manager, in the yellow ground about 18 feet from the surface, a brilliant flash of light from a projecting corner having caught his attention. After a preliminary cleaning it weighs 3,024¾ carats. According to Gardner Williams the South African carat is…