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CULLINAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 617 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CULLINAN , a See also:

town of the See also:Transvaal, 36 m. by See also:rail E. by N. of See also:Pretoria. It See also:grew up See also:round the Premier See also:diamond mine and See also:dates from 1903, being named after T. Cullinan, the purchaser of the ground on which the mine is situated. Here was discovered in See also:January 1905 a diamond—the largest on record—weighing 30254 carats. This diamond was in 1907 presented by the Transvaal See also:government to See also:Edward VII. and was subsequently cut into two stones, one of 5162 carats, the other of 309 carats, intended to See also:ornament the See also:sceptre and See also:crown of See also:England. The chippings " yielded several smaller diamonds (see DIAMOND).

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