A Florida man found a 1.95-carat brown diamond at Arkansas'
Crater of Diamonds State park, the second-largest diamond found there this
year.
Park officials said Wednesday that 40-year-old Doug Lay of
Hernando, Fla., found a coffee-colored gem about the size of a pea. Lay has
unearthed 30 other diamonds over the last four years but Tuesday's find was his
largest.
About 500 diamonds have been found this year at the park in
southwestern Arkansas. A 1.99-carat yellow diamond was found in March by a
Texas ninth-grader.
In 1975, a visitor discovered a 15.33-carat white diamond.
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is the world's only
diamond-producing site open to the public. On average, two diamonds are found
each day at the park, and more than 75,000 have been unearthed.
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