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Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

The Big Hole, part of Kimberley diamond mine which yielded 2722 kg of diamonds, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Buildings in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop on the edge of the Namib Desert, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

House slowly being reclaimed by the desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop on the edge of the Namib Desert, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

The Big Hole, part of Kimberley diamond mine which yielded 2722 kg of diamonds, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Buildings in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop on the edge of the Namib Desert, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia

Interior of building slowly being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in the abandoned former German diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Forbidden Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Interior of German house in the deserted mining town of Kolmanskop in the Restricted Diamond area on the south west coast, near the town of Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

Building taken over by sand, former diamond mining town, now ghost town, Kolmanskop, Luderitz, Karas Region, Namibia, Africa

Detail of a ruined building in diamond mining ghost town, Kolmanskop, Namib Desert, Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

The interior of a building in the abandoned diamond mining ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia, Africa

The interior of a building in the abandoned diamond mining ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia, Africa

The interior of a building in the abandoned diamond mining ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia, Africa

Kimberlite pipe excavated by hand mining for diamonds between 1870 and 1914, now flooded, Big Hole at Kimberley, South Africa, Africa

Uncut diamonds in the sorting room at De Beers' Diamond Trading Company in Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa.

A yellow diamond embedded in a piece of kimberlite. Kimberlite is the igneous stone in which diamonds are found and was formed in the Earth's crust between 100 and 1000 million years ago.

Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa. It the headquarters of the Diamond Trading Company, a part of the De Beers group. Every diamond mined in South Africa passes through this building for sorting and valuation before being sent to London.

Re-created diamond mining tunnels at the Kimberley Open Mine Museum in Kimberley in South Africa's North-West Province.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

Uncut diamonds being sorted at the Diamond Trading Company's Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa. It is part of the De Beers company.

The De Beers diamond mine in Kimberley South Africa being filled with re-processed mine dump tailings from the De Beers combined treatment plant (CTP).

The Big Hole in Kimberley in South Africa's North-West Province. Also known as the KImberley mine, it was created during the diamond rush of the mid-nineteenth century.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

The Combined Treatment Plant (CTP) run by the De Beers company to re-process diamond mine tailings in Kimberley South Africa. It was opened on 2 August 2004.

An uncut diamond being examined during sorting at De Beers' Harry Oppenheimer House building in Kimberley South Africa.

The Big Hole in Kimberley in South Africa's North-West Province. Also known as the KImberley mine, it was created during the diamond rush of the mid-nineteenth century.

The De Beers diamond mine in Kimberley South Africa being filled with re-processed mine dump tailings from the De Beers combined treatment plant (CTP).

The De Beers diamond mine in Kimberley South Africa being filled with re-processed mine dump tailings from the De Beers combined treatment plant (CTP).

Extension of the German Mining Museum, Black Diamond, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Extension of the German Mining Museum, Black Diamond, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Extension of the German Mining Museum, Black Diamond, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Extension of the German Mining Museum, Black Diamond, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe