Began with breakfast at the little restaurant in the state park. Then went looking for diamonds. See Jack surface mining. Also picture of the rocks I collected -all jasper I think. Picked nice colors and shapes. Not diamonds - needless to say.
However at the ranger talk last night saw slides of many, many people who have found diamonds from an old man who used to come every day (they said they found 10,000 diamonds in his house when he died) to young twin boys. Kind of fun and I guess it is possible.
The first diamond was found in 1906. The area is an eroded volcanic pipe. It was a private mine for a long time and Arkansas bought it in 1972. It is the only diamond field open to the public in the US and since 1972 visitors have found over 25,000 diamonds. One was the Strawn-Wagner Diamond at 1.09 carats that is rated D flawless 0/0/0 perfect diamond. It is one in a billion. The visitor center/museum was closed so we didn't get to see diamonds etc.
Rest of the day quiet with Jack working. Beautiful day and camp is quiet. Many people left today.
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