![]() ![]() South Africa’s cases are on the rise approaching the peak of a third wave (below).Ī South African gem digger near the site attempts selling an unidentified gemstone under the label of a ‘diamond’ on Facebook Marketplace shortly after the DiamondRush in a small village near Ladysmith started Other social media users tried to use images to verify the stones and shared their opinions on social media, spreading ill-informed judgements, misinformation and false hope.Įxperts worry deeply about the spread of Covid-19 in the area. The story quickly garnered more than 8,000 views, however. The government only sent experts to the scene a day after the article came out. One news outlet claimed - though only in a headline - that geologists had verified the authenticity of the gems (see below). While the jury is still out on whether the gems are in fact real diamonds, misinformation spread quickly claiming experts had already confirmed their authenticity. The government will need to collect the stones back at a fair price, he urged. “Without that, any trade is illegal,” he warns. ![]() They will need a Kimberley process certificate, Claude Kabemba says. If the gems turn out to be real diamonds, locals who found them can’t just trade them, experts explain. People are worried that if the state comes in they might not benefit as they should, he said. Southern Africa Resource Watch executive director Claude Kabemba, PHD, said that people are concerned about possible government corruption. The hectic digging may have been partly driven by the fear among local diggers that the government might fail to adequately compensate them for their findings. With “a lot of dolerites all over the place there,” there is a possibility that the gems may turn out to be quartz crystals, though he doesn’t want to rule out the claims of diamonds having been found. Paper: South African Diamonds: A Photographic Personal Perspective, published in December 2013, in ‘Rocks & Minerals’, author: Bruce Cairncross, University of Johannesburgĭr Gideon Groenewald, a geologist from South Africa, said in an interview that kimberlite looks awefully similar to dolerite and that in the area of KwaZulu-Natal where people started digging, there are “severe intrusions of dolerites”. ![]()
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