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Diamond Searching by Specific Gravity

Nov 2019
  ⁄  
Waymon Cox

Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! When digging dirt to sift for diamonds at the park, finding certain other minerals can make your search more productive. Look for locations where running water has carved a path through the plowed dirt of the diamond search area. As water from runoff and other sources wash through the field, it picks up heavier materials and...

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Crater of Diamonds State Park: A wonderful and crazy place

Mar 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.

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