She carried it in a pill bottle to show her husband before taking it to the park’s Diamond Discovery Center, where park staff registered it as a brown diamond weighing 3.29 carats. 1-888-287-2757 (TDD) / [email protected], Pat Choate's 3.29-carat brown "Illusive Dream", VISITOR FINDS 3.29-CARAT DIAMOND AT CRATER OF DIAMONDS STATE PARK, Teen Finds 7.44-Carat Diamond at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park, Diamond Search Field to Re-open on May 22 at Crater of Diamonds State Park, Winter Forecast for Crater of Diamonds State Park, VISITOR FINDS 3.29 CARAT DIAMOND AT CRATER OF DIAMONDS STATE PARK. Nebraska teacher finds largest diamond of 2019 in Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park ... the gem in the diamond search area of the 37.5-acre volcanic crater. It's the largest brown diamond that's been found in two years. However, they've never made a discovery as big as the one they made Tuesday. “I saw the shine, and when I picked it up and rolled it in my hand, I noticed there weren’t any sharp edges.”. According the park officials, the diamond is about the size of a chickpea and contains inclusions, making it a unique diamond. Of the 296 diamonds found at the park in 2019, only 11 registered weighed in at a minimum of 1 carat.

Beginning in 2004 he worked as a clerk, seasonal park interpreter, and seasonal guide at Crater of Diamonds State Park and Historic Washington State Park. Maumelle man finds 9-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park. I lost sight of it when I got close, but then I turned around I found the diamond lying beside me!” she said. Waymon Cox. Like many larger diamonds from the park, it appears to be fractured and contains a few inclusions, which gives it a unique appearance.”. ; 15 diamonds registered this year have weighed at least one carat each. “I saw something shiny several feet ahead of me and walked over to see what it was. Choate says she knew she had found a diamond right away and showed it to a few other visitors who were nearby.

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Visitor finds largest diamond of 2020 at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park MURFREESBORO, Ark. The couple is originally from the Murfreesboro area and has found five diamonds throughout the years. 36, from Hebron Nebraska found a 2.12 Carat Brown Diamond at Arkansas State Park on July 24, 2019.