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Word: octahedron (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week, Venter's Negro laborer Mannetjie called excitedly to his boss, held up a yellow diamond the size of a pigeon's egg. The diamond diggers crowded around, passed it from hand to hand. The stone was a "Cape yellow" weighing 511¼ carats, a nearly perfect octahedron and one of the biggest diamonds ever found in South Africa.* Next day Venter sold it for $51,100. Mannetjie's cut: $280. While other prospectors feverishly dug away in Nooitgedacht, Venter said merely: "Man, I been smiling so much it hurts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Nooitgedacht | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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