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Woman Prospecting At State Park Finds 2.09-Carat White Diamond The Size Of A Tooth
allheadlinenews ^
| November 18, 2008
Posted on 11/18/2008 4:35:07 PM PST by JoeProBono
A Baton Rouge, LA woman visiting Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro found an apparently flawless 2.09-carat white diamond the size of a tooth.
Rhonda Bankston reportedly says she found out about the park's surface diamond prospecting on a show about finding cash and treasure. She was into her second day of prospecting by surface searching over a newly plowed field with friends when she spotted the gem.
The park is located on the eroded surface of the world's eighth largest diamond-bearing deposit and visitors pay a fee to surface search there.
TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: arkansas; craterofdiamonds; diamond; prospecting; statepark
Named the Dream Angel, Bankston found the gem near where the largest diamond unearthed in the United States was found in 1924, the 40.23-carat Uncle Sam diamond.
Park officials say the Dream Angel was the 851st diamond found at the park this year. Bankston has said she will decide whether to keep the gem or sell it after it is appraised, according to reports.
![](http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:O0ifN5lnob-dpM:http://www.justmytees.com/Rhinestone/Images)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:37:58 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Yep. While I haven’t been there I have indeed read the literature. State park in Ark.
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:39:21 PM PST
by
comps4spice
(Stop buying newspapers and magazines and tell advertisers why you are doing what you are doing.)
To: JoeProBono
So that’s where I lost it!
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:41:25 PM PST
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: JoeProBono
The size of a tooth? I’d say it’s more of a nose sized diamond.
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:41:37 PM PST
by
Krankor
(Are you claiming you eat toucans or)
To: JoeProBono
PING as a Place I want to go visit in 2009.
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:41:46 PM PST
by
HighlyOpinionated
(Psalm 66:7b "He watches every movement of the nations. Rebels will not be able to oppose Him.")
To: BenLurkin
"Is this for real?"
![](http://www.eweddingtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/crater-of-diamonds-park.jpg)
"According to the article referenced below, more than 700 diamonds have been found this year at the Crater of Diamonds park. Actually, I was wrong
That park is not the only place in the U.S. that allows people to find and keep diamonds. Its the only place in the world!!! Thats the American dream!"
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:45:11 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
To: JoeProBono
major bumpage for treasure hunting expedition
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:47:32 PM PST
by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: JoeProBono
Ok. I totally want to go there. I’d spend my entire vacation digging for diamonds.
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:49:50 PM PST
by
Pinkbell
(Liberals are only tolerant of those with whom they agree.)
To: comps4spice
She has Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
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posted on
11/18/2008 4:51:23 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:00:22 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(Not My President)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:07:37 PM PST
by
BGHater
(The GOP, the new DNC.)
To: Pinkbell
Go right after they plow it up to bring them to the surface, right after a rain and walk into the sun looking for a glint. They look like a smooth piece of glass. It looks like it is is in an old volcano, Take a pair of boots to navigate the sticky clay like soil.
I never found anything but they have several on display in their uncut state and I can see how they would most likely be overlooked.
While you are there Northern Arkansas has some of the most beautiful scenery in the US. I was born in the Southern part which is kind of swampy. (duck-hunting capital of the US.)
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:18:17 PM PST
by
Howie
To: Howie
Thanks for the tips! I’m not a very lucky person, so I can’t see myself finding anything, but it still would be fun to go.
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posted on
11/18/2008 5:42:06 PM PST
by
Pinkbell
(Liberals are only tolerant of those with whom they agree.)
To: Howie
This is the “top” of a kimberlite pipe. Its a remnant of a volcano column that compressed a piece of carbon long enough to turn it into a diamond.
To: Pinkbell
Back in the middle of September a man from Michigan found a 4.68-carat white diamond in the parks diamond search area. Thats quite a find. Good Luck!
http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/digging-for-diamonds/recent.aspx
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posted on
11/18/2008 6:07:52 PM PST
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: Krankor
I think that pic is of the Uncle Sam diamond.
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posted on
11/18/2008 6:16:12 PM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(In Loving Memorey of the USA 1776 to 1/20/2009.. May she rest in peace.)
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