"When Walking in the Park, You Should Look Closely at the Ground"... American Man Finds 4.87-Carat Diamond

Arkansas' Diamond Crater State Park
"The stones were so transparent I thought they were glass shards"

A man walking in the 'Crater of Diamonds State Park' in Arkansas, USA, has become a hot topic after finding a 4.87-carat diamond.

Diamond discovered at Diamond Crater State Park in Arkansas, USA.
[Photo by Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism]

On the 26th (local time), the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism announced that Jerry Evans, a resident of Lepanto, Arkansas, visited the Crater of Diamonds State Park last spring and the gem he found was confirmed to be a genuine 4.87-carat diamond.

Evans discovered a small transparent stone just 10 minutes after arriving at the park with his girlfriend. He put the diamond in his pocket along with other stones he had collected and went home.

Later, he began to suspect that the stone might be a gem rather than just glass, so he sent it to the U.S. Gemological Institute for appraisal. It was then confirmed that what Evans found was a diamond, and he returned to the state park to officially register the diamond he discovered there.

Evans said, "The stone was so transparent that I thought it was a piece of glass," adding, "I really had no idea it was a diamond." The diamond Evans found is the largest one discovered in the park since 2020.

Jerry Evans who found a 4.87-carat diamond.
Photo by Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism

Meanwhile, Crater of Diamonds State Park is built on the eroded surface of a volcanic crater and was designated a state park in 1972. Due to its unique geological characteristics, gems such as amethyst and garnet are also found there. Visitors are allowed to keep the gems they find.

Since farmer John Huddleston, who owned the land in 1906, first discovered diamonds here, a total of about 75,000 diamonds have been excavated from this site. Visitors to the park this year have found an average of 1 to 2 diamonds per day, with an annual total of 798 diamonds weighing over 125 carats. The largest diamond found in the United States (40.23 carats) was also discovered in this park in 1924.

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