The 1000th diamond of '07 by Ivana Bruderova

Visitors form all sides of America and the whole world came to the only one place on the planet where you can legally find a diamond and take it out. At this place named Crater of Diamonds Sate Park in Murfreesboro, Ark. many visitors every year experience one of the most beautiful and surprising finds of their lives. Denis Tyrell, 48 was walking across the hole where he was searching for gems in the park, when suddenly he saw something sparkle in the soil. It was 3.48-carat diamond and it's the biggest one he has ever found, and at the same time the 1,000 one found in the park this year. In comparison, in 2006 had been found "only" 488 diamonds. Denis Tyrell says he found 131 diamonds in his digs, which he started in March. He said,he has been living in a tent at a local rock shop for the last 9 months and working as a handyman. "I come as often as I possibly can out here depending on the weather and other things that I have to do back at a camp" he said. The 1,000th diamond has light brown color, a rectangular shape and about the size of Chicklets chewing gum, as Denis said. "A beautiful gem like that...very clear. When the diamond shows up, it's beautiful. It's an amazing thing to know, this little spot produces diamonds. I love it a lot," continuous Denis. He heard about someone who wants to buy his diamond but the laws of Crater of Diamonds State Park ban it. It's allowed to take it out but not to handle. The largest diamond ever found in park named "Uncle Sam" had 40,23 carat and was found in 1924. Most of diamonds from this park are white, rarely yellow, brown or canary.

related story: http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/digging-for-diamonds/default.asp#Famous

by Ivana Bruderova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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