A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor

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01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v.6, p. 238
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South African History Online. (2012, January 16). A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072697

South African History Online (2012) 'A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor', South African History Online, 16 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072697 (Accessed: 21 September 2026).

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"A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor." South African History Online, 16 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072697. Accessed 21 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "A poor boy, Jacobus Jonker, discovers a 726 (or 500?) carats diamond, the Jonker Diamond, on the farm Elandsfontein near Pretor." South African History Online. January 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072697.