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Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.
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- 01Swart: Afrikaanse Kultuuralmanak
- 02Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v.3, p. 522
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 20). Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073006
South African History Online (2012) 'Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.', South African History Online, 20 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073006 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).
South African History Online, Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073006, (accessed 9 August 2026).
"Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.." South African History Online, 20 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073006. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Frederick Wells, an official of the Premier Diamond Company, finds the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond ever found.." South African History Online. January 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073006.
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