Texas Man Discovers 2-Carat Diamond at State Park

More than 75,000 diamonds have been found at the park since the first discovery in 1906 by John Huddleston, a farmer who owned the land at the time. The site became an Arkansas state park in 1972.

A Texas man has discovered a 2.13-carat diamond at the well-known Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park.

The man, Clay Jarvis, was in the area on business and decided to visit the park in Murfreesboro, which is the only diamond-producing site in the United States that is open to the public.

Jarvis said he found the champagne brown color diamond after just an hour-and-a-half of searching.

The diamond is about the size of a pencil eraser, said park official Margi Jenks. She added that it is the 368th diamond found at the park this year, and the fifth this year weighing more than 2 carats.

She added that 14 diamonds weighing more than one carat have been found at the park this year.

"Due to good rains this year, many of the large diamonds were found right on the surface. Diamonds are a bit heavy for their size, so a good downpour will wash the dirt away, leaving the diamond exposed," according to Jenks.