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This 40.23-carat, white diamond is the biggest diamond found in the United States. Discovered here in 1924, it was named the Uncle Sam diamond. Legend has it that the diamond was named after its finder, W.O. Basham, who went by the nickname, "Uncle Sam."
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.
While Uncle Sam is one of America’s most significant diamonds, most people don’t know the fascinating story of how this gem was discovered or how it got its name. The Uncle Sam Diamond came from a diamond-bearing volcanic crater near Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
The largest diamond discovered in the United States was found here in 1924, the park said. It was named Uncle Sam. The white diamond had a pink cast and weighed 40.23 carats.
The largest diamond ever found in the U.S., the 40.23-carat pink Uncle Sam Diamond, is uncovered by Wesley Basham in a hydraulic mining operation on Huddleston's land. Basham’s nickname is “Uncle Sam,” and the diamond is named in his honor.
In 1924, a 40.23-carat diamond was found by Wesley Oley Basham, a workman for the Arkansas Diamond Company. The diamond was dubbed with Basham’s nickname, and the “Uncle Sam,” as it is called, still holds the record as the largest diamond ever found in the United States.
The biggest diamond found in the U.S. was 40.23 carats and was named “Uncle Sam” after the nickname of its finder, W.O. Basham. He found the diamond in 1924 at Murfreesboro State Park in Arkansas, now known as Crater of Diamonds State Park.
The Uncle Sam Diamond from Arkansas, is a 12.42-carat, emerald-cut gem fashioned from the largest diamond ever found in the United States - a 40.23-carat crystal discovered at Crater of Diamonds, Murfreesboro, Arkansas in 1924. This gem is the largest faceted diamond from Arkansas.
The largest diamond ever unearthed in the U.S. was also found at Crater of Diamonds State Park: the 40.23-carat “Uncle Sam.”
There are many versions of the tale, of how a man named John Wesley Huddleston became the first person to find diamonds in the soil of this jewel-rich crater near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, dubbing...