New Mexico Man Finds 2.28-Carat Diamond At Arkansas Park
Last updated Thursday, October 11, 2007 9:01 PM CDT in News
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MURFREESBORO -- A New Mexico man found a 2.28-carat white diamond that's "shaped like the head of an eagle" at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park on Wednesday, park officials said.
Bill Trythall of Albuquerque found the diamond in the southern part of the park's 37 1/2 -acre diamond search area.
"There's an imperfection in the diamond that's located just where the eagle's eye would be if you looked at an eagle's profile," he said.
Trythall named the diamond for his father -- the Trythall Senior Diamond.
Park Superintendent Tom Stolarz said Trythall's triangular white diamond is called a silver cape because of its frosty appearance and somewhat flat shape.
Stolarz said it is the 725th diamond found so far this year at the Arkansas park.
Crater of Diamonds is the world's only diamond-producing site open to the public, and visitors can keep the gems they unearth. The most common diamonds discovered are white, brown and yellow, the park said.
The largest diamond ever found in the United States, the 40-carat white diamond named Uncle Sam, was unearthed in 1924 at the Murfreesboro park.
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