CRATER OF DIAMONDS 2007 FINDS!

LARGE DIAMONDS FOUND AT THE CRATER IN THE SUMMER OF 2007

On June 5, 2007, 13-year-old Nicole Ruhter of Butler, Missouri was searching for diamonds with her family while camping at Crater of Diamonds State Park. She saw something shiny on the surface of the diamond search area, next to a well-worn path that she was walking along. It turned out to be a tea-colored, 2.93-carat diamond! Miss Ruhter later named her special find "The Pathfinder Diamond".

An even larger diamond was found on June 9. Milton Milam of Shreveport, Louisiana was digging in the mines West Drain area when he unearthed a 4.80-carat white diamond. Mr. Milam had found diamonds at the park in the past, but this was his largest.
Another sizeable diamond was found by Chuck Scanlon of Des Moines, Iowa . He was surface searching when he discovered a 2.14-carat brown diamond on June 29.

Some other large diamonds found during the summer months were a 1.18-carat white; a 1.08-carat white; a 1.12-carat brown; a 1.34-carat brown; a 1.31-carat white; a 1.27-carat white; a 1.40-carat white; a 1.71-carat white; a 1.00-carat white; a 1.10-carat white; a 1.31-carat white; and a 1.37-carat white.

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