Afrogem | 181 Buitengracht St, Cape Town, Cape Town, 8001, Western Cape

Were an innovative South African jeweller and manufacturer with over 50 years experience. We specialise in Tanzanite, Diamond and Gemstone Jewellery.Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world.Pliny the Elder, Ancient Roman Naturalist, 1st Century A.D. Diamonds have a long history as objects of beauty and human desire. The earliest mention of diamond miningappears in Sanskrit texts in the 4th century BC. Manuscripts from the court of the first emperor of India recorded the rising value of taxes collected from mining vajra, and an ancient Hindu proverb states: vajra can only be scratched by another vajra indicating that the mines must have been diamond mines.