Increase in Diamonds Found at Crater Park

The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas certified 303 diamonds recovered in the first half of 2013. The figure for the year-earlier period was 272 stones.

Among the diamonds, were 160 white stones, 74 brown, and 69 yellow. They weighed a total of 53.80 carats compared to 49.55 carats a year earlier.

The average weight of diamonds found during the first half of this year was just under one-fifth of a carat.

However, park staff said they certified eight diamonds weighing one carat or heavier, including a 2.10-carat brown gem found on April 5 which is the second-largest diamond found so far this year.