One of my coworkers actually went there. He didn't find anything nearly that nice, though...
mscurious1
Frivolous Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2007 @ 1:00p
My grandmother had a pill bottle half full of little diamonds before she died. I live very close to the diamond mine but don't go that much.
If anybody wants to go, let me know and I'll show you around. If we're lucky, a friend of mine will be there to help show you how to hunt for them. She found the largest diamond ever and loves hunting.
Jstkiddn
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Oct. 24, 2007 @ 1:40p
I live about an hour away from there and we've been a couple of times. Never found a thing.
Maniac (Staff)
Bottle Washer
posted: Oct. 24, 2007 @ 1:56p
mscurious1 said: My grandmother had a pill bottle half full of little diamonds before she died. I live very close to the diamond mine but don't go that much.
If anybody wants to go, let me know and I'll show you around. If we're lucky, a friend of mine will be there to help show you how to hunt for them. She found the largest diamond ever and loves hunting.
Wow, your friend must be really old! From the linked article....
"The largest diamond ever found in the United States, the 40-carat white diamond named Uncle Sam, was unearthed in 1924 at the Murfreesboro park"
c7530303
No mo ho hos
posted: Oct. 24, 2007 @ 2:18p
To think, I was in Arkansas and all I noticed were the giant bugs. Didn't know about digging for diamonds then.
On permanent display at Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park, where it was discovered, the "Strawn-Wagner Diamond" is the most perfect diamond the American Gem Society (AGS) ever certified. Graded the perfect grade of O/O/O (Ideal cut/D color/ Flawless), or "Triple Zero," it is the highest grade a diamond can achieve. This is the most perfect a cut diamond can be. A diamond this perfect is so rare than most jewelers and gemologists will never see one during their entire career.
Found at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in 1990 by Shirley Strawn of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, this diamond weighed 3.03 carats in the rough. In 1997, under the recommendation of Bill Underwood, Arkansas's first certified gemologist, the gem was sent to Lazare Kaplan International of New York for cutting. Lazare Kaplan cut the gem to perfection into a 1.09-carat, round brilliant shape diamond featuring an "Ideal Cut." This cut allows for the maximum amount of light to be reflected from one facet to another and up through the top. Diamond Ring The Strawn-Wagner Diamond
In 1998, the AGS certified this diamond. A diamond this perfect, and weighing over a carat after cutting, is estimated to occur one time in a billion. Its occurrence is even more rare coming from a non-commercial diamond mine.
Underwood's Fine Jewelers of Fayetteville, Arkansas, handcrafted the mounting of pure platinum and pure 24-karat gold to be symbolic of Arkansas, The Natural State. The platinum shank has a thin inlay of gold in the middle. Two gold apple blossoms on each side of the crown represent Arkansas's state flower.
Nature formed, and man then transformed this diamond to the perfect one-in-a-billion gem you see today.
On permanent display at Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park, where it was discovered, the "Strawn-Wagner Diamond" is the most perfect diamond the American Gem Society (AGS) ever certified. Graded the perfect grade of O/O/O (Ideal cut/D color/ Flawless), or "Triple Zero," it is the highest grade a diamond can achieve. This is the most perfect a cut diamond can be. A diamond this perfect is so rare than most jewelers and gemologists will never see one during their entire career.
Found at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in 1990 by Shirley Strawn of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, this diamond weighed 3.03 carats in the rough. In 1997, under the recommendation of Bill Underwood, Arkansas's first certified gemologist, the gem was sent to Lazare Kaplan International of New York for cutting. Lazare Kaplan cut the gem to perfection into a 1.09-carat, round brilliant shape diamond featuring an "Ideal Cut." This cut allows for the maximum amount of light to be reflected from one facet to another and up through the top. Diamond Ring The Strawn-Wagner Diamond
In 1998, the AGS certified this diamond. A diamond this perfect, and weighing over a carat after cutting, is estimated to occur one time in a billion. Its occurrence is even more rare coming from a non-commercial diamond mine.
Underwood's Fine Jewelers of Fayetteville, Arkansas, handcrafted the mounting of pure platinum and pure 24-karat gold to be symbolic of Arkansas, The Natural State. The platinum shank has a thin inlay of gold in the middle. Two gold apple blossoms on each side of the crown represent Arkansas's state flower.
Nature formed, and man then transformed this diamond to the perfect one-in-a-billion gem you see today.
awesome story
bullbert
Ancient Member
posted: Oct. 24, 2007 @ 6:24p
nailman said: awesome storyDon't you people watch the Travel Channel? Granted, I would have also ignored the show on the Arkansas's Crater of Diamonds State Park, except I know people who now live in Clinton's Ole Hunting Grounds (tm).
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