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Akil, Khan, 197-98
Albert, Prince, 200—1
Alderson, Wallace, 82
Alexander Bay diamond field, 278, 283-99
Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, 114, 152, 163-66, 286
Anglo American Rhodesian Development Corporation, Limited, of Southern Rho­desia, 146, 174
Antwerp diamond industry in, 211-19
Atherstone, Dr. W. Guybon, 21, 44-45, 87
Atkinson, Lewis, 187, 192-93, 200-1
Aurangzeb, Emperor, 195-97
Babe, J. L., 57
Balfour, Lady, 171
Ball, Professor Valentine, 194,
198 Bancroft Mines, Limited, 145
Barna to, Barney, 80, 83, 106-7 role in rise of mining corpora­tions, 85-103
Barnato Diamond Mining Com­pany, 88-89
Bartlett, Mrs. (diamond dig­ger), 72
Beau Sancy diamond, 192, 194
Beet, A. J., 14, 16, 18-22
Beit, Alfred, 92, 94, 97, 109-10, 125
Belgian Congo, 299-300
Bentinck, Mr. (alias of De Beers official), 254-65
Berquem, Louis de (Bereken, Lodewyck van), 192, 211, 214, 221
Bishop, Mr. (diamond digger), 57-61, 72
Blue Tavernier diamond, 194
Boers, 16-17, 23-24
Borgio, Sieur Hortensio (early diamond cutter), 198
Bort, 58-59
Brazil, 17, 84, 269