A Wisconsin man recently found a 5.47 carat canary diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro (about 55 miles southwest of Hot Springs). This was the second-largest diamond unearthed this year at the park on October 14, 2006. The 5.47 carat diamond is bright yellow and has no visible flaws.
Park staff have dug two new trenches in the park, which has led to the discovery of more canary diamonds. The largest diamond this year was found by a Texas couple, which was a 6.35 carat brown diamond in September, 2006.
Diamonds come in different colors, and the three most common found at the Arkansas park are white, brown and yellow, in that order.
The park is the world's only publicly-operated diamond site where the public is allowed to search and keep any gems they find. The largest diamond ever discovered in the United States was unearthed here in 1924. Named the Uncle Sam, the white diamond weighed 40.23 carats.
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