MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) - A Montana man who grew up in Arkansas has found a 2.78 carat diamond at a state park in southwest Arkansas.
Wendell Fox of Joliet, Montana, says in a news release Tuesday from Crater of Diamonds State Park that he was “80 to 90 percent” sure the stone was a diamond and plans to keep it as a souvenir. The 70-year-old Fox says he had long wanted to search for diamonds at the park, but this visit with his wife is his first.
Park Retail Specialist Amanda Johnson says the diamond is about the size of an English pea with a champagne brown color. The park doesn’t estimate the worth of diamonds.
The diamond is the second-largest found at the park this year behind a 7.44 carat gem found in March.
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