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Arkansas Man Finds Second-Largest Diamond Ever Found at the Park. Discovery date: Sept. 7, 2020. The diamond Kevin Kinard found on Labor Day in 2020 is the second-largest ever found in the park's ...
It turns out he found a 4.87-carat diamond in the shape of a pyramid — the largest diamond registered there since 2020, officials say. “Mr. Evans’ diamond is spectacular to see.
An Arkansas man who picked up what he thought was a piece of glass at a state park says he later learned his jelly bean-sized find was something much more valuable: It was a 4.87-carat diamond.
Lee J. Wagner of the Arkansas Diamond Company Donated in 1926 to the National Museum of Natural History by the heirs of Washington Roebling [7] [8] [9] 1924 Uncle Sam: 40.23 8.046 Wesley Oley Basham: Largest diamond ever discovered in the United States; as of 2022 in the collection of the Smithsonian [10] [6] [7] 1956 Star of Arkansas 15.33 3.066
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Uncle Sam diamond. Uncle Sam is the nickname for the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States. It was found in 1924 in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, at the Prairie Creek pipe mine, which later became known as the Crater of Diamonds State Park. The diamond was named "Uncle Sam" after the nickname of its finder, Wesley Oley Basham, a worker ...
The Woyie River Sierra Leone: Woyie River: 1945: 755.5: The Golden Jubilee South Africa: Premier Mine: 1985: Government of Thailand 726.6: The Vargas Brazil: San Antonio River: 1938: 726: The Jonker South Africa: Elandsfontein: 1934: 709: Peace Diamond [24] Sierra Leone: Artisanal mine: 2017: Graff Diamonds (bought for US$6.5m) [25] 692.3 [26 ...
The 7.46 carat diamond discovered by Julien Navas, of Paris, France, upon his visit to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas on January 11, 2024. - Courtesy Arkansas State Parks