13 Dec
1000 and counting
The Crater of Diamonds State Park produced its 1000′th diamond for the year when Denis Tyrrell found a rectangular, 3.82ct, light brown diamond. It marks the 131st diamond he has found in the nine months he has spent digging at the park.
This is the first time that the park has produced 1000 diamonds in a single year since 1994. The largest diamond found at the park was the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight, a white diamond found by a Texas visitor in 1975.
Crater of Diamond State Park.
(AP Photo/Crater of Diamonds State Park, Kim Garland)
