6th Grader unearths diamond....

[kaorder1999]

Colony 6th-grader finds diamond on field trip

06:29 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 24, 2007
From Staff Reports


Here's a little gem about a sixth-grader who struck it rich on a school field trip.

Maggie Rasgado of The Colony unearthed a 1.23-carat diamond during a recent visit to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Ark., where people are allowed to prospect and keep what they find.

Uncut, the gem's value is $800, but it could be worth 10 times that once cut. Maggie, who found the rock during a trip sponsored by Griffin Middle School, wants to trade it in for a PlayStation 2.

Her mom, Jacqueline Rasgado, says not so fast.

"When she gets old enough and she gets married, we'll have it put in a nice little pendant for her or something. It'll be nice," she said.

[kaorder1999]

I guess yesterday was a day of Diamond finding!

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Wis. man finds 3.92-ct white diamond

MURFREESBORO, Ark. - A Wisconsin man digging at an Arkansas diamond park with his fiancee Tuesday found a 3.92-carat white stone, but the rock will go into his collection because his betrothed already has a ring and a setting.

Eric Blake, 32, of Appleton, Wis., spotted the stone along a trail at the Crater of Diamonds State Park when he set down a 70-pound bucket of mud that he was carrying to a wash basin. "I put the bucket down to switch hands. I looked down and there it was," Blake said.

Blake found a 1.49-carat stone Monday. The larger one is big enough to fashion into jewelry but Blake hadn't decided whether he will have it placed into a setting. "I only found it an hour ago," he said.

Blake, a carpenter, said his grandfather had taken him to the state park about 15 years ago and that he returns two to three times a year. "We usually find something," he said.

His fiancee Susan Gabrielson — who has "only one carat on her finger" — her daughter Sayde and Susan's sister Sarah accompanied Blake to the park this week. Susan found a 1.47-carat stone and some smaller gems Monday.

"We're going back out today. We'll take a lunch and then go back into the field," Blake said.

More than 700 diamonds have been found at the park this year.

The Crater of Diamonds park is the world's only diamond-producing site open to the public and visitors can keep the stones they dig up. The largest diamond ever found in the United States, the 40-carat white diamond named Uncle Sam, was unearthed in 1924 at the Murfreesboro park







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[AP Panther Fan]

hahaha...my husband will find these articles extremely disturbing.:D

We actually went to this place one time because he loves stuff like this.

It was a rainy, miserable day and this place has the kind of mud that you can sink up to your knees and end up losing your shoes in...seriously. Your shoes probably end up weighing 10 lbs each by the time you make your way back the the rinsing area.

Needless to say, I am not sporting any large diamonds from our trip there, but it was entertaining... in a strange sort of way.:D

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
I guess yesterday was a day of Diamond finding!

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Wis. man finds 3.92-ct white diamond

MURFREESBORO, Ark. - A Wisconsin man digging at an Arkansas diamond park with his fiancee Tuesday found a 3.92-carat white stone, but the rock will go into his collection because his betrothed already has a ring and a setting.

Eric Blake, 32, of Appleton, Wis., spotted the stone along a trail at the Crater of Diamonds State Park when he set down a 70-pound bucket of mud that he was carrying to a wash basin. "I put the bucket down to switch hands. I looked down and there it was," Blake said.

Blake found a 1.49-carat stone Monday. The larger one is big enough to fashion into jewelry but Blake hadn't decided whether he will have it placed into a setting. "I only found it an hour ago," he said.

Blake, a carpenter, said his grandfather had taken him to the state park about 15 years ago and that he returns two to three times a year. "We usually find something," he said.

His fiancee Susan Gabrielson — who has "only one carat on her finger" — her daughter Sayde and Susan's sister Sarah accompanied Blake to the park this week. Susan found a 1.47-carat stone and some smaller gems Monday.

"We're going back out today. We'll take a lunch and then go back into the field," Blake said.

More than 700 diamonds have been found at the park this year.

The Crater of Diamonds park is the world's only diamond-producing site open to the public and visitors can keep the stones they dig up. The largest diamond ever found in the United States, the 40-carat white diamond named Uncle Sam, was unearthed in 1924 at the Murfreesboro park







http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ww/news/2007/10/24/diamond_big.jpg

wow...not much to look at...I wouldn't know a raw diamond if I saw it!

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
wow...not much to look at...I wouldn't know a raw diamond if I saw it!

lol...maybe THAT'S why our trip was unsuccessful....
:doh: