- Idilesi: iDamond Hub, iMayini yeDayimani yaseCullinan, uCullinan, iPitoli 1000, eMzantsi Afrika;
- Ifowuni: +27 +27 12 734 2626;
- Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: www.cullinandiamonds.co.za
Ukuhamba uhambo lokuvakatyelela kwiRiphablikhi yaseMzantsi Afrika , qi niseka ukutyelela indawo efana neMayini yeDayim ye-Callinen. Emva koko, eli lizwe liyaziwa njengelinye labathengi baninzi bezambane, kwaye ngoko bathathe ithuba lokufunda yonke impawu kunye nembali yale shishini lokuloba.
Ummiselo okhankanywe ngasentla ufumaneka kwidolophu yeli gama elifanayo, eyakhiwa ngeenxa yokuqala kwimizi yokukhutshwa kwamatye anqabileyo. Namhlanje, isixeko sineenani elingaqhelekanga lezakhiwo, ezingaphezulu kwekhulu elidala!
Imbali yendalo
Namhlanje, lo wam ngowona mgodi odumileyo werimani, ukumbiwa kwemayini apho kwenziwa ngokuhambelana neemfuno zendalo. Eyona nto yenkampani uDe Beers.
Kodwa ke ngoku, kwaye ngonyaka wobuchule bayo (1903), umnini wawo nguTomas Kallinen, emva kokuba lowo mgobi wabizwa ngokuba ngumthi, kwaye ngoko umzi. Ngendlela, kukho ubungqina bokuthi ukumbiwa kwezimbiwa kule ndawo kuqhutywe phambi kokuba igosa lithe lafunyanwa ngokusemthethweni.
Amatye ahlukeneyo
Umzi ubuye udumiwe ngenxa yokuba amatye ayingqayizivele agxothwa kuwo, ahlasele ngobungcwalisayo - awa ahambelani kwiidayimani eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ixabiso labo liqala ukusuka kumawaka ambalwa, kwaye ngamashumi amawaka eedola. Kwaye oku akuwona amatye amakhulu!
Ukuba sithetha ngentlawulo enkulu yeritye elinye, yanikwa ngo-2009 kwaye idlulile kwizigidi ezili-9 ezigidi ezingama-500 zamayela. Idayimane yayithengiswa kwi-Sightby's eyaziwayo yaseSwitzerland.
Ngaphambi koku, irekhodi laqhutyelwa ilitye, ubukhulu balo lidlula iikotati ezili-100 - lithengiswa kwi-auction yeChristie, eyayibanjelwe eHong Kong, ngaphezu kwama-6 million.
Umnini werekhodi, ugxothwe kulo mgo - idayimani, ubukhulu beemoto ezi-3106. Kuyabonakala ngokusemthethweni njengowona mkhulu kwihlabathi. Ingakanani inokuqikelelwa ingekaziwa:
- Okokuqala, lubugugu besizwe eMzantsi Afrika;
- Okwesibini, kukuhlolwa kobuchule, obangela ukuba inani elityebileyo ilitye!
Ngeli xesha, i-120 million carats ikhutshwe emathunjini, kodwa oku akukona umda! Ngokweengcali, oye wahlola zombini izibonda zangaphakathi kunye nokudlulela kwimizi, kunye neendawo ezichithwayo, namhlanje isibonelelo semithombo yamanzi sidlula i-200 million carats!
Iindibano zemibukiso yabathandi be-diamond
Ukutyelela eKallinen kunomdla kuba ubona ukuba izindlu nezindlu zokuhlala zikhangeleka njani, ezi migodi zisebenza kwimigodi - ngaphezulu kule nto kamva.
Kukho i-museum kwiiholo zeemiboniso apho imbali epheleleyo yenkxalabo ichazwa. Kuyaphawuleka ukuba kwiiholo zeemyuziyam awukwazi ukuyihlonipha idayimane kuphela, kodwa uyayithengela, kunye nabo banqwenela ukuba uququze uhambo olujikeleze umgodi.
Yintoni enye yokuyibona?
Ukuba ufika kwi-Callinen, kwaye emva kokuba ube nexesha lokutyelela i-mine kunye neeholo zemibukiso, unikezele ukutyelela ezinye iindawo ezikulo dolophu.
Ngokukodwa, njengoko kukhankanywe ngasentla, izindlu zokuqala zeendwendwe zifanelekele ingqalelo. Ngokomzekelo, umdla uya kubangelwa nguMyuziyam we-McHardy-museum, njengoko kuthiwa apha, bekuyiyakhiwo esiyindawo yokuqala yokuhlala eyakhiweyo ecaleni kwediphozithi yamatye anqabileyo.
Enye into-amangcwaba amabanjwa aseAraliya, efumaneka kwiziko leyinkampu yangaphambili yamajoni omkhosi waseItali. Inkampu yasungulwa ngowe-1941 kwaye kwafakwa amabanjwa emfazwe kuwo, awalwela kumazwe aseNyakatho Afrika ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini. Ekuqaleni, inkampu yenzelwe abantu abayi-100 000. Namhlanje, umyuziyam ozinikezelwe kwesoxesha elibi lasekwa apha, kuba iimeko zokuvalelwa, ukubeka ngokuthobeka, kude kakhulu.
Ndingafika njani?
I-mine isondele kakhulu (iikhilomitha ezingama-40) ukusuka kwikomkhulu yeRiphabhuliki yaseMzantsi Afrika yasePitoli kwaye iikhilomitha ezintathu kuphela ukusuka kwindawo yokuhlala ebizwa ngokuba yiKimberley.
Kukho zombini izithuthi zikawonkewonke kunye neebhasi zokujonga indawo. Ngokomzekelo, izithuthi zikawonkewonke ziya kufinyelelwa kuqala kwiKimberley, ize ibe yimi.
Ngendlela, uhambo olulungelelaniso lukulungele, kodwa iindleko zalo ziya kuba malunga needola ezingama-US (i-865 yeRandi yaseMzantsi Afrika) kubantu abadala ababini.
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