An Arkansan recently found a quarter carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro. January 30th was the lucky day. Coincidentally, the 30,000th diamond found since the parks’ opening will be celebrated in 2012, along with the 40th anniversary on March 15th, since the site’s creation as an Arkansas state park 

 

Last year, 106,524 people visited Crater of Diamonds State Park.  It was a record year for diamond finds, with more than 500 dug up by visitors.  30 of those diamonds were over one carat in weight.

 

The search area at the park is a 37 & 1/2 acre plowed field on the eroded surface of the eighth largest diamond-bearing deposit in the world (in surface area).  Crater of Diamonds State Park is the world’s only diamond-producing site open to the public.

 

For more information contact Justin Dorsey, park superintendent, Crater of Diamonds State Park, at 870-285-3113, or email him at justin.dorsey@arkansas.gov. Crater of Diamonds State Park is located at 209 State Park Road in Murfreesboro.