AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Tennessee grandfather finds 2.29-carat yellow diamond at Arkansas state park after just 30 minutes of searching
Barry G. Smith of Germantown, Tennessee, pulled a 2.29-carat yellow diamond out of the dirt at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, a find so striking that the park's own facility supervisor said he was "dumbfounded." Smith made the discovery on August 16 while on a family outing with his wife and two granddaughters, […] The post Tennessee grandfather finds 2.29-carat yellow diamond at Arkansas state park after just 30 minutes of searching appeared first on American Almanac .
Barry G. Smith of Germantown, Tennessee, pulled a 2.29-carat yellow diamond out of the dirt at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, a find so striking that the park's own facility supervisor said he was "dumbfounded." Smith made the discovery on August 16 while on a family outing with his wife and two granddaughters, Sage and Juniper. The group rented a wagon and a basic search kit from the park, headed to the East Drain section of the 37-acre diamond field, and started sifting. Roughly thirty minutes later, Smith spotted something glimmering in the soil. He picked it up, thought it might be mica, and dropped it in his shirt pocket. It was not mica. Staff at the park's Diamond Discovery Center inspected the stone and confirmed…Open