This Saturday, March 11, 2017, photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism shows a 7.44 carat diamond that was found Saturday by teenager Kalel Langford at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Ark. Officials at the park said the diamond is the seventh largest found since the park was established in 1972. (Waymon Cox/Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism via AP)
Republished March 16, 2017 - 12:52 PM
Original Publication Date March 16, 2017 - 10:20 AM
MURFREESBORO, Ark. - A teenager has found a 7.44 carat diamond at a state park in southwestern Arkansas.
Officials at Crater of Diamonds State Park at Murfreesboro say the rock found Saturday by 14-year-old Kalel Langford is the seventh largest found since the park was established in 1972. The park hasn't provided an estimate of the diamond's value.
The teen said in a statement Thursday that he spotted the diamond among rocks near a stream. He has named it "Superman's Diamond" and plans to keep it as a souvenir.
Park interpreter Waymon Cox describes the diamond as pinto-bean sized and similar in colour to coffee.
The largest diamond ever discovered in the United States, the 40.23 carat "Uncle Sam," was unearthed on the land in 1924.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017