Posted on 09/08/2023 12:40:56 PM PDT by Red Badger
Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old girl on a birthday trip to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas found a big present -- a 2.95-carat diamond.
Arkansas State Parks said Aspen Brown of Paragould, Ark., was visiting the park with her family to celebrate her birthday when she spotted the diamond in the park's north search area.
Officials said the 2.95-carat diamond is about the size of a green pea, with a golden-brown color.
The diamond is the second-largest found by a park visitor this year, officials said. The largest was a 3.29-carat brown diamond found in March.
The Murfreesboro park was mined by commercial diamond hunters before becoming a state park in 1972.
Not a lot. These diamonds aren’t exactly jewelry grade.
More like Drill Bit grade.................
And Marilyn Monroe is turning in her grave.
Are they salting the mines to increase tourism?
Got it. Thanks.
No. One to two diamonds are found in the park each day. Amethyst and jasper are also found commonly.
My next door neighbor went there a couple of years ago.
Didn’t find anything but had fun doing it...............
Good. I doubt NY or CA would be that “generous”.
I noticed that.
You find it, you keep it.
Diamonds aren’t rare. If they allowed mining there millions would be found.
If all the diamonds were mined between here and South Africa, 2 carat cut ones would be sold in gumball machines for 25 cents.
Industrial use diamonds are now manufactured.
That was decades ago. I’m sure it’s different now.
Lots of oil, natural gas and bauxite in Ark.
DeBeers probably pays them not to mine.
They do control the market. Can’t mine there any longer. It’s a state park.
7-year-old receives visit from IRS Joe sent us.
Looks like natural crytal faces to me.
Id say a little more depending on who cuts it.
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