It’s one of humanity’s greatest dreams: to be in the right place at the right time and make a fortune. In 1908, this dream came true for one man and some of his fellows. His name was August Stauch, a German citizen who found diamonds in the Namib Desert and turned his discovery into a fortune. While he was not the first person to pick up a diamond in that area, Stauch’s name became synonymous with the birth of Namibia’s diamond industry — one of the biggest contributors to Namibia’s GDP to this day.