Couple finds huge 'one in 15 million' diamond in park with volcanic pipe

Jessica and Seth Erickson were celebrating their anniversary when they stumbled upon the diamond, which could be worth around $25k.

, they spent the morning of November 4 digging and sifting through the soil of the park, and spotted a gem the color of iced tea.

A picture of Jessica and Seth Erickson after they found their 1.90 carat diamond and the diamond itself . They named the gem HIMO, after the initials of each of their children.Crater of Diamonds State Park is situated about 60 miles east of the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. It's the only public diamond mine in the world where people can come specifically to hunt diamonds at their original source.that together with kimberlites is a common host for diamonds.

; that's where diamonds can form. Diamond bearing kimberlite and lamproite are relatively rare and we have found only 60 economically viable pipes across the world," he toldFinding diamonds at the 37.5-acre park is therefore surprisingly common: according to the park website, one or two are found each day, with 581 diamonds having been registered in 2022 so far, and over 33,100 diamonds having been found since 1972 when the park opened., the largest diamond ever unearthed in the U.S.

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