California woman finds Crater of Diamonds' largest gem of year, 4.38 carats

[TexasTowelie]

A 4.38-carat diamond found Sept. 23, 2021, at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, is shown atop a quarter for scale. Noreen Wredberg of Granite Bay, California, found the gem sitting on top of the ground within an hour of beginning her search. It is the largest diamond found so far this year at the park. Photo by Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism


MURFREESBORO, Ark. — A woman visiting from California found the largest diamond of the year so far — a 4.38-carat gem with a pear shape and a lemonade yellow color — at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Noreen Wredberg found the diamond on top of the ground within an hour of beginning her search, according to a news release from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism.

She named it Lucy's Diamond after her husband's kitten, which has slight tints of a similar yellow in her fur. She said she is not sure what she will do with it but may have it cut, depending on the quality.

"I don't even know what it's worth yet. It's all new to me," she said.

Read more: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texarkana-region/story/2021/sep/30/california-woman-finds-crater-diamonds-largest-gem-year-438-carats/890846/

[marble falls]

1. I like it without facets. I'd set it for a necklace.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Have you asked Mrs. marble falls if she concurs?

We both know whose opinion really matters.

[marble falls]

3. She's in charge but that diamond would be mine. She's got plenty of pearls and Topaz.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Well, you're the one that has to live with her

or the one that could get your backside beaten with a frying pan for "wrong thinking."

I shouldn't joke about your wife's disposition--good luck and hopefully you will make it through to another day.

[marble falls]

5. She more dangerous than you know - 30 years ex-CIA. She'd know where my body is hidden ...

... the trick is don't let the confession out all at once. I've been parceling it out for almost 17 years.

[sprinkleeninow]

6. Where do you lovelies keep your pierogies🥟pagaci🫓baklava🍮and raw diamonds💎?

We'll be down sometime soon if I can get the lead out. 😁

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. MURFREESBORO!!!!! the town made famous by John Mulaney

Though he noted it in Tennessee. Can there be more than one Murfreesboro



Looked it up and there are at least three.

[multigraincracker]

8. I went there looking for treasure one hot August day.

Only lasted about an hour in the heat.

Thanks for the post.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I spent hours there and found nothing but rocks.

[TomSlick]

10. I live within easy driving distance from Murfreesboro.

The diamond mine is an interesting geological oddity and the reason for the diamond design of the Arkansas State flag.

One Saturday, my then young son convinced me that we should go to the park and look for diamonds. The mine is a frequently plowed field. We didn't find anything except a hot summer day and lots of "skitters."

After a couple of hours tramping through the mud, I remembered that the tourist that find diamonds always seem to do so within an hour of starting to search. I decided that the time had expired and it was time to go home. I've not been back.