Northern Cape - Day 3: Kimberly and environs

Jock Robey giving the students the lowdown on a Kimberlitye dyke on the outskirts of Kimberly

Kimberlite dyke, with thin calcite veins

Barney Barnato's gym at the Kimberly museum

Inside of Barney Barnato's gym

Barney Barnato's desk

Shop fronts at the Kimberly museum

Dance Hall at the Kimberly museum

A pub at the Kimberly museum

Diamond merchant's office

Diamond merchant's office

The Big Hole at Kimberly

Some background information on the Big Hole

'Diamonds' mined from the Big Hole

An old digger's luxury accommodation

Inside the old digger's luxury accommodation

Porphyry glacial erratic at Nooitgedagt glacial pavements

Close up of porphyry erratic

Students hard at work measuring the striations on the glacial pavement

Close-up view of the glacial striations

Tillite deposit on the pavement