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The diamond was the largest found at the park since the 4.38-carat gem was found in September 2021, per Arkansas State Parks. The State Parks of Arkansas Facebook David Anderson.
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.
Understandably, this special gem became closely associated with the State of Arkansas, "The Natural State." A large diamond symbol has dominated the state flag since 1912. The federal government issued an Arkansas State quarter coin in 2003. It bore a diamond symbol on its face, as did new Arkansas auto license plates.
The Amarillo Starlight was found by W. W. Johnson of Amarillo, Texas in 1975 while he was vacationing at the park with his family. When unearthed, it was a 16.37 carats (3.274 g) white diamond, but it has since been cut into a 7.54 carats (1.508 g) marquise shape. Its value has been estimated between $150,000 and $175,000. [1]
Sifting through dirt sure does seem a lot more rewarding than it used to be.
The company described those diamonds as being so hard that they could only be cut using powder of other Arkansas diamonds. [4] The final result was a 12.42-carat (2.484 g) emerald-cut gem. It was characterized as M on the diamond color scale; this nominally corresponds to a faint yellow color, but the visual impression of Uncle Sam has been ...
The Canary Diamond is an uncut canary-yellow 17.86 carat diamond found in 1917 at what is now the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History . [ 3 ]