Naming it after LSD, there is an intelligent move.
GMTA.
We went to the crater of Diamonds state park in Murfreesboro Arkansas. Its pretty cool. The entrance fee is $5 and you can keep any you find. They blow a siren when someone find one. Our siren never blew but where else can you hunt Diamonds in America for $5? There is a great nature trail winding around the back too.
We met a woman who lives close and searches there alot, she had diamond fever. She showed us her collection, some were white and other shades but many were canary yellow, up to fingernail size and very nice.
She said after a thunderstorm she found several just winking at her in the sunlight. You can even bring a bucket full of the dirt to sift once home. Although not every one finds a diamond, there have been some notable rocks found even recently.
If you get skunked hunting Diamonds its worth the drive a few hrs to Mount Ida to search for quartz Crystals, You will find some.
The largest Diamonds found: 1924 40.24 Uncle Sam Emerald cut, the stone now weighs 12.42 carats and sold in 1971 for $150,000. There's a replica on display in the park museum.
1964 34.25 Star of Murfreesboro Appraised at $45,000 uncut in 1964.
1926 27.21 Searcy Found near Searcy about 175 miles from Crater of Diamonds. Probably once part of some Indian's trade goods. Yet uncut and on display at Tiffany's in NYC.
1911 17.85 Unnamed Yet uncut, in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History.
1975 16.37 Amarillo Starlight Found and named by a visitor from Amarillo, TX.
1956 15.31 Star of Arkansas Found by a visitor from Dallas. Named by Governor of Arkansas. Cut to 8.27 carat marquise.
1981 8.82 Star of Shreveport Found by a visitor from Shreveport, LA.
1960 6.43 Garry Moore Diamond Probably the only diamond named for a game show host. Trisoctahedron.
Read one interesting link here:
http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/crater.html
"A very rare and perfect diamond has come back to where it was found. Originally weighing 3.03 carats uncut, the diamond was unearthed by Shirley Strawn, local Murfreesboro resident, in 1990. After it was cut by Lazare Kaplan International of New York in 1998, it weighs 1.09 carats. It was then sent to Peter Yantzer, laboratory director of the American Gem Society, and was discovered to grade D-flawless, 0/0/0 (cut, color, clarity). Yanter stated "this diamond is one in a billion." The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism purchased the stone for $34,500, "