In August 2019 we were invited to meet and travel with the founders of the recently formed Richtersveld Gem & Mineral Club through the diamond fields of the far Northern Cape, South Africa. Diamonds where first discovered in the 1900’s in the area and mining commenced in the 1930’s, the area stretches from Hondeklip Bay all the way up to Alexander Bay (where the Orange river finally meets the ocean) Just before stopping at Hondeklip Bay we were taken into a alluvial diamond works to see how diamonds are found. After recovering from the surprise of exactly how much gravel has to be moved ..read more