We've
presented the stories of people who have found diamonds in the
world-known park Crater of Diamonds (here and here). Annually a great
number of tourists come to the part of try their luck in digging an
everlasting stone. In 2014 the number of such adventurers was 559!
And this number doesn't decrease over the years. Instead the myths
about this park and diamonds are growing larger. Margi Jenks, a park
interpreter, who can boast 6 years of experience of working in this
park, agreed to dispel four most common wrong beliefs about the
diamonds of the Crater of Diamonds State Park:
1 –
Diamonds found in the park are oily. They are not, but this can be
the effect of little static electric charge of diamonds (actually any
diamond, not exactly one found in this field). The last makes them
feel slick, which people treat as greasiness.
2 –
Park's staff are mostly gemologists, who buy diamonds from the park.
In fact, none of the employees are somehow related to gemology. But
they can refer the visitors to certain registered gemologists in
Arkansas so that they could get the information on the stone. Park's
employees don't put funds on diamonds, too.
3 –
The most popular and long-lived myth is that the diamonds found in
the park are intentionally bought and scattered around the search
area to attract visitors. This legend was born with the discovery of
the first diamond stone in the early 1900s. To break that belief,
early miners searched for a diamond entrenched in volcanic ash or
lava of this very crater to make sure it was 'born' in this very
place. They succeeded and since that time it became possible to
identify the origin of each diamond found in the park.
4 –
And the last myth is about the largest diamonds. There's a rumor that
some staff are asked to save the diamonds of big size for some time
and when the Park needs additional boost of publicity they bring the
stones back. The truth is, it's impossible to keep the news about a
large diamond discovery in secret. Margi Jenks says such news quickly
goes the round of the park, so once a large diamonds is found every
tourist and staff get to know about that immediately.
You can
try your luck in find a diamond stone in the Park!
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