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What Makes Cullinan Famous!

Since the discovery of diamond pipes in the world, it was established that the Cullinan Diamond Pipe is the oldest diamond pipe in the world. In 1905 only a mere 9 metres from surface the world’s biggest rough diamond the CULLINAN at 3106ct was found.



	surface tOURS	underground tours

duration	1.5 - 2 hours	4-5 hours
times:
mon-fri	10:30 & 14:00	mon-fri - 10:30
sat-sun	10:30 & 12:00	sat - 7:30

* Surface Tours are available (10+) at any time of the day.

The Cullinan Diamond 3106ct was given to King Edward the VII on his 66th birthday from England. The diamond was posted to England under normal package post.

Cullinan Diamond Mine is a carrot shaped volcanic pipe and has a surface area of 42 hectares -
about 40 soccer pitches.

A diamond is the hardest natural substance known to man (10 on the Mohs scale) where talcum powder being the softest (1 on the Mohs scale)softer than human skin.

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