Arkansas State Park diamonds charm a seven-year-old as she celebrated her birthday at the Park.
A seven-year-old girl from Paragould, Aspen Brown, was celebrating her birthday at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro of Arkansas State Park.
She felt tired and sat down to relax a bit when celebrating her birthday at the park with her father and grandmother.
When Brown sat on top of a pile of large rocks above an ancient volcano, she got really lucky and noticed a shiny object.
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She picked it up and ran to her dad, Luther Brown, screaming “I found one!” according to reports by the New York Post. She had found a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond.
Officials at the park’s Diamond Discovery Center inspected the find and confirmed that she had indeed found an “exceptionally rare” gem.
The diamond, slightly less than three carats, is the second-largest registered by a park guest this year.
In the total park area of 37.5-acre it is very difficult to find a diamond of such size, according to research scientist, Aaron Palke from the Gemological Institute of America.
Even expert researchers are able to find gems worth .05 to .20 carats, about the size of a rice grain.
As per the New York Post, the pea-sized diamond “is a complete crystal” with a golden-brown color and has a “sparkling luster”.
Although the value of the gem, has not been disclosed, Brown has decided to name it after herself, the Aspen Diamond.
Crater of Diamonds State Park is “one of the only places in the world where the public can search for real diamonds in their original volcanic source.”
More than 35,000 diamonds have been discovered at the park by visitors since 1972.
The largest ever diamond found in the United States, known as “Uncle Sam” was a 40.23-carat gemstone found at the state park in 1924.
