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Man Finds 4.38-Carat Diamond at State Park
   posted 2:07 pm Mon November 05, 2007 - Murfreesboro
tags:  diamond   •   murfreesboro
Chad Johnson has found about 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park since moving to Murfreesboro in February. But the former Iowa resident nearly threw away his largest find yet. A cube-shaped rock plucked out of his sifters turned out to be a 4.38-carat, tea-colored diamond.

Johnson made the dig Saturday at the park. Afterward, he left his equipment in a locker and didn't notice the diamond until today.

Channel 7 News myTAKE - What's Your Opinion?Since moving to Arkansas, Johnson said he made a living selling the diamonds he found at the park. He only recently took a job at a local convenience store, in part because he got tired of making a living by digging for diamonds.

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Crater of Diamonds State Park, which opened in 1972, is the world's only diamond-producing site open to the public. Visitors can keep the gems they unearth. The largest was the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight, a white diamond found by a Texas visitor in 1975.

Johnson's find is the second-largest diamond uncovered at the park this year. In June, a Louisiana man found a 4.8-carat diamond.

Overall, more than 700 diamonds have been found at the park this year.
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