Diamond Hunt: Searching at the Crater of Diamonds State Park - Arkansas State Parks | PicBusters
Diamond Hunt? In the middle of Arkansas State Parks there is the only public diamond mine in the world; by paying a ticket of 10 dollars you can search for diamonds on your own. It’s strange but true; whatever you find, you can actually keep! It is a public treasure hunting paradise because an industrial mining of the diamonds isn’t worth the investment. For more than a century this volcanic crater has been producing diamonds; More than 100,000 diamonds have been found in the Crater of Diamonds State Park. This land was owned by the Arkansas Diamond Mining Company until 1972, when it was purchased by the State and was developed into a State Park. So far the hardworking treasure hunters have found 30 thousand stones in all different sizes and colours. The largest diamond ever found in the volcano crater was 40.3 carats, back in 1924. The diamond was named “Uncle Sam” after its finder’s own nickname, a worker at the Arkansas Diamond Corporation called Wesley Oley Basham. It is said to be the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States.==================================
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