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Related: About this forumTeenager finds 7.44 carat diamond in Arkansas state park
A 14-year-old boy found a 7-karat diamond at an Arkansas' Crater of the Diamonds State Park. (Source: Crater of the Diamonds State Park)
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) - A teenager has found a 7.44 carat diamond at a state park in southwestern Arkansas.
Officials at Crater of Diamonds State Park at Murfreesboro say the rock found Saturday by 14-year-old Kalel Langford is the seventh largest found since the park was established in 1972. The park hasn't provided an estimate of the diamond's value.
The teen said in a statement Thursday that he spotted the diamond among rocks near a stream. He has named it "Superman's Diamond" and plans to keep it as a souvenir.
Park interpreter Waymon Cox describes the diamond as pinto-bean sized and similar in color to coffee.
Read more: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/34931381/teenager-finds-744-carat-diamond-in-arkansas-state-park
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Teenager finds 7.44 carat diamond in Arkansas state park (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Mar 2017
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sinkingfeeling
(53,138 posts)1. Crap, the one I found is about the size of a pin head. It's fun but
terribly hot work to go there. Been there twice.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)3. Both times I went...
All I found was mud.
It was fun, though.
Ilsa
(62,265 posts)2. One of those brown diamonds.
Jared (Jewelers) calls them "chocolate" to make them sound more desirable. I don't think they are particularly pretty, but good for him. I hope he is able to make a little money on it if he chooses to sell it.
Chocolate diamonds. Nope, it doesn't work. Not at all desirable. I love chocolate but not a diamond fan. And those chocolate diamonds are hideous.
sinkingfeeling
(53,138 posts)5. Uncut Arkansas diamonds sell for $1000-2000 a carat.