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Awesome Astronomy March 16 at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Mar 01, 2019
  ⁄  
Waymon Cox

Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 8 p.m., all ages are invited to come to the campground amphitheater for an evening under the stars! Guest astronomer Rick F...

Photo of night sky by astronomer Rick Floyd

1.73-Carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Dec 01, 2016
  ⁄  
Meg Matthews

Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only public diamond mine in the world. If a visitor finds a diamond its their's to keep. Recently, two guests who go to Crater of Diamonds on a regular basis found...

1.73-Carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds

Crater of Diamonds State Park: A wonderful and crazy place

Mar 01, 2016
  ⁄  
Waymon Cox

The main thing that makes Crater of Diamonds State Park so unique is that our visitors are allowed to hunt for diamonds, and then are allowed to keep them.

Diamonds found at Arkansas State Parks
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