Arkansas state park customer finds 3.3-carat diamond

An individual visiting an Arkansas state park unearthed a 3.29 carat diamond whereas sifting by way of the mud, officers not too way back launched.

David Anderson was a frequent customer to the Crater of the Diamonds State Park, when, on March 4, his journey broke knowledge. Anderson, from Murfreesboro, Arkansas, was sifting by way of soil inside the West Drain area when he discovered the largest diamond found inside the park since September 2021, officers talked about.

And he didn’t initially contemplate it was a diamond, he talked about.

“At first I thought it was quartz but wondered why it was so shiny,” Anderson talked about, in line with a parks division press launch. “Once I picked it up, I realized it was a diamond!”

Weighing in at 3.29 carats, the brown diamond was crucial of the over 400 gems Anderson had unearthed since he started sifting by way of the park’s grounds in 2007. Of the 400-plus diamond assortment, 15 weighed over a carat, the corporate talked about.

Anderson named the gem “B.U.D.” an acronym for “Big, Ugly Diamond,” he talked about. He added that he plans to advertise the jewel.

His was the largest diamond found inside the park since September 2021, when an individual visiting from Granite Bay, California dug up a 4.38 carat yellow diamond.