For a couple of week, unofficial prospectors have been coming right here with picks and spades from early morning till late at evening. Many individuals imagine and hope that the gorgeous stones they’re mining are diamonds. Greater than 1,000 folks from younger to previous have flocked to the village since June 12 to search for diamonds.
However the actuality is that the diamond rush is prone to finish in disappointment just like the 2018 gold rush on the southern coast of the province. Geologists say that based mostly on the age and form of the rocks discovered, they’re probably simply quartz crystals. And in the event that they have been diamonds, they must be mined and offered underneath South Africa’s strict Diamond Act. Nevertheless, that didn’t discourage the pollsters. They continued to dig within the presence of the police, believing {that a} single diamond would change their lives.
Mr. Ravi Pillay, consultant of the KwaZulu-Natal Financial Improvement, Tourism and Setting company not too long ago stated that the stones will not be truly diamonds however simply quartz crystals. “Inspections have concluded that the stones discovered on the web site are diamond as some had anticipated. They’re actually quartz crystals widespread within the Karoo Supergroup with fracture planes. huge open, positioned in and alongside the uncovered a part of the Karoo dolerite threshold,” he stated. “These quartz crystals, if valued, are very low in comparison with diamonds.”
.
