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4.87-carat, nearly-colorless diamond found at Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas
UPI ^
| DEC. 20, 2023 / 1:49 PM
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 12/20/2023 10:59:53 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/20/2023 11:03:02 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Red Badger
“He later contacted Crater of Diamonds State Park to register his find.”
Mistake...
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posted on
12/20/2023 11:25:17 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: hellinahandcart
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posted on
12/20/2023 11:42:26 AM PST
by
sauropod
(The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
To: All
I heard about this place about 20 years ago. Have always wanted to go for the day and do some digging.
Don’t expect to find much of anything but it might still be fun.
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:04:46 PM PST
by
MplsSteve
To: Red Badger
Nice find!
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:08:35 PM PST
by
CtBigPat
(There are people in this world who would kill you for a dollar, and the worst wear business suites. )
To: Red Badger
Not a word about what it’s worth?
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:14:11 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: Openurmind
“He later contacted Crater of Diamonds State Park to register his find.”So, when does the Federal government seize the diamond?
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:16:09 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: steve86
After cutting and polishing I say roughly 5-10G’s.............
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:17:03 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: MplsSteve
My neighbor went, spent all day found nothing but fun...............
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:17:53 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Lazamataz
“So, when does the Federal government seize the diamond?”
Yep, just like registering a gun. Now there will have to be a chain of custody trail.
When you do these things you are handing the government “stewardship” of the item.
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:24:19 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Lazamataz
Yeah, 10% of it belongs to the “Big Guy”
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:27:23 PM PST
by
jpp113
To: MplsSteve
Don’t expect to find much of anything but it might still be fun.
I took the fam down about 12 years ago. It pretty fun. You get sweaty and dirty and typically find quartz rather than diamonds, but it makes for memories!
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posted on
12/20/2023 12:28:48 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: MplsSteve
30 mins from my place! Neat park. NEVER disclose a find.
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posted on
12/20/2023 1:35:36 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
To: jpp113
Of course, you found the big diamond 366 days ago! Long term capital gains much more favorable ;)
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posted on
12/20/2023 1:36:15 PM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
To: Red Badger
I have continued to wonder for ages what could be found if some serious digging were to take place there instead of just recycling the same old dirt.
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posted on
12/20/2023 1:38:53 PM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
To: MplsSteve
That park is on our bucket list too.
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posted on
12/20/2023 2:23:24 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Sequoyah101
Several entities tried to operate it as a commercial diamond mine ... unsuccessfully ... before it was deeded to the State to become a State Park.
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posted on
12/20/2023 2:30:37 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Openurmind
Unfortunately in the diamond industry, they are very concerned about ethical and conflict-free sourced diamonds.
Registering the diamond protects the finder from accusations that his was a so-called blood-diamond, either mined with child labor or sold to finance wars.
-PJ
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posted on
12/20/2023 2:35:57 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Lazamataz
You get to keep what you find.
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