Man visiting from Indiana finds 2.71-carat white diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park
By Carlee Gilpin
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MURFREESBORO, Ark. (KHBS, KHOG) — A man visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park from Indiana on Oct. 2 found a 2.71-carat white diamond.
According to a press release, Dewy White and his wife spent two days digging at the park before moving to their next destination. The couple revisited the park on their return trip for three more days.
White bought some screens on his way into Murfreesboro. He started digging in the Canary Hill area by the south wash pavilion. As he was sifting, White finally spotted something that looked different than everything he had come across.
Park staff verified his diamond.
“It looked like a metal piece of glass,” he said. “The minute I saw it in my shovel, I knew.”
His 2.71-carat white diamond is round and about the size of a pea.
White’s Hope Diamond is the fourth-largest diamond registered this year.
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