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Jagersfontein, the Glossary

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1852 establishments in Africa
Populated places in the Kopanong Local Municipality

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Bantu peoples of South Africa

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.

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Battle of Boomplaats

The Battle of Boomplaats (also referred to as the Battle of Boomplaas) was fought near Jagersfontein at on 29 August 1848 between the British and the Voortrekkers.

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Carat (mass)

The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to, which is used for measuring gemstones and pearls.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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The De Beers Group is a South African-British corporation that specializes in the diamond industry, including mining, exploitation, retail, inscription, grading, trading and industrial diamond manufacturing.

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Diamond rush

A diamond rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area where diamonds were newly discovered.

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Excelsior Diamond

The Excelsior Diamond is a gem-quality diamond, and was the largest known diamond in the world from the time of its discovery in 1893 until 1905, when the Cullinan Diamond was found.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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First water

In the gemstone trade, first water means "highest quality".

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Francis William Reitz

Francis William Reitz, Jr.

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Free State (province)

The Free State (Freistata; Vrystaat; iFreyistata; Foreistata; iFuleyisitata), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa.

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Griqua people

The Griquas are a subgroup of mixed-race heterogeneous formerly Xiri-speaking nations in South Africa with a unique origin in the early history of the Dutch Cape Colony.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Jagersfontein Mine

Jagersfontein Mine was an open-pit mine in South Africa, located close to the town of Jagersfontein and about south-west of Bloemfontein.

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Jubilee Diamond

The Jubilee Diamond, originally known as the Reitz Diamond is a colourless, cushion-shaped diamond weighing 245.35 carats (49.07 grams), making it the sixth largest diamond in the world.

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Kimberley, Northern Cape

Kimberley is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Koffiefontein mine

Koffiefontein Mine is a diamond mine situated in the Free State province, about 80 km from Kimberley, South Africa.

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Kopanong Local Municipality

Kopanong Municipality (Masepala wa Kopanong; Kopanong Munisipaliteit; uMasipala wase Kopanong) is a local municipality within the Xhariep District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Landsat 8

Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on 11 February 2013.

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Landsat 9

Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle.

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Operational Land Imager

The Operational Land Imager (OLI) is a remote sensing instrument aboard Landsat 8, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies.

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Orange Free State

The Orange Free State (Oranje Vrijstaat; Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Empire at the end of the Second Boer War in 1902.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagersfontein

Also known as Itumeleng, Jagersfontein, Free State.

Jagersfontein, the Glossary

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1852 establishments in Africa

Populated places in the Kopanong Local Municipality

References