In next order the soot sets to work it cannot make itself white at first, but instead of being discouraged, tries harder and harder, and comes out clear at last, and the hardest thing in the world and for the blackness that it had, obtains in exchange the power of reflecting all the rays of the sun at once in the vividest blaze that any solid thing can shoot. It also becomes, first, a white earth, then proceeds to grow clear and hard, and at last arranges itself in mysterious, infinitely fine, parallel lines, which have the power of reflecting not merely the blue rays, but the blue, green, purple, and red rays in the greatest beauty in which they can be seen through any hard material whatsoever.
Such being the consummation of the clay, we give similar permission of quiet to the sand.
Leave it still quiet to follow its own instinct of unity, and it becomes not only white, but clear not only clear, but hard not only clear and hard, but so set that it can deal with light in a wonderful way, and gather out of it the loveliest blue rays only, refusing the rest. But such artificial consistence is not its best. Ridding itself of all foreign substance, it gradually becomes a white earth, already very beautiful and fit, with help of congealing fire, to be made into finest porcelain, and painted on, and be kept in kings’ palaces. “Let us suppose that this ounce of mud is left in perfect rest, and that its elements gather together, like to like, so that their atoms may get into the closest relations possible. So wrapping himself in his blanket he fell off to sleep.” His was a great sin who first invented consciousness.
#Diamond rush born full#
"Turn up your coat collar, little girl, the night's full of chill and you'll get pneumonia. Well, I have that last and I will make the usual nothing of it." He shivered. There are only diamonds in the whole world, diamonds and perhaps the shabby gift of disillusion. That's a form of divine drunkenness that we can all try. At any rate, let us love for a while, for a year or so, you and me. "Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness." They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth." I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. "How strange it seems to be here with one dress and a penniless fianc_! What a dream it was," Kismine sighed, gazing up at the stars. "Why should he go to Hades? You have it confused with another place that was abolished long ago."Īfter supper they folded up the table-cloth and spread their blankets for the night. In 2016, the birth of NAMDIA enables Namibia to determine the value of her diamonds and contribute to her socio-economic development.Your father is dead," he replied somberly. Soon, beneficiation took centre stage and more than 13 new cutting and polishing companies were established within the borders of Namibia. This Act paved the way for new entrants into the diamond pipeline and led to the diversification of the industry away from just mining and exporting of rough diamonds into dealing and manufacturing of diamond jewelry among others. the result was the Promulgation of the Diamond Act (Act 13 of 1999) in 2000. A historic joint venture agreement was signed between CDM and the Government of the Republic of Namibia through which a unique JV operation, NamDeb was born.Ī thorough review of the diamond legislation and regulations revealed that there was a need to open up the country to other industry players and create a level playing field. With independence in 1990, the Namibian Government moved to take control of the country’s diamond reserves. The German colonial government, which at the time had control over what was known as Deutsch Sud West Afrika (German South west Africa), declared the diamond rich areas of the country as Forbidden Areas or “ Sperrgebiet ” and small mining operations set up shop within these areas.Īfter World War 11, most of these colonial mining companies were amalgamated to form Consolidated Diamond Mines (CDM), which held the monopoly of the mining rights within this “Forbidden Area”. An avalanche of fortune hunters, whose eyes sparkled in awe of the world’s purest, most precious diamonds, descended on this desert land.Īs a result of the diamond rush, cities grew from the sand, some of which are mere remnants of the past. Little did he know that this nondescript act would set off a chain of events so large, it would change the course of history forever. The official story of Namibia’s diamond history starts in 1908, when a young railways worker, Zacharias Lewala picks up a large shiny diamond whilst on duty near the country’s southern coastal town of Luderitz.
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