# Finding diamonds in Arkansas **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495 "2017-03-05T22:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/21 "2017-03-06T20:19:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Then mine was Disney, and fake. 🙂 That’s Disney for you. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/22 "2017-03-16T20:33:37Z")
[Not a bad find at all.](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/16/teenager-discovers-7-44-carat-diamond-in-arkansas-state-park.html) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/23 "2017-03-16T20:38:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Not a bad find at all.](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/16/teenager-discovers-7-44-carat-diamond-in-arkansas-state-park.html) I think the actual story there is that someone named their kid Kalel/Kal El ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/24 "2017-03-16T21:31:27Z")
I’m pretty sure that Nicholas Cage did that as well. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/25 "2017-03-16T22:54:23Z")
Emmanuel Momoh to Kalel: [_ha, ha!_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/sierra-leone-pastor-finds-706-carat-diamond-in-village/2017/03/16/dfde7636-0a51-11e7-bd19-fd3afa0f7e2a_story.html?utm_term=.99968d1ff51e) ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/26 "2017-03-17T19:47:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Not a bad find at all.](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/16/teenager-discovers-7-44-carat-diamond-in-arkansas-state-park.html) For novelty value and a nice souvenir, sure. But from the picture this is not a gem-grade rock so, alas, I doubt it’s worth that much: [QUOTE=USGS Mineral Resources Program] Natural industrial diamond normally has a more limited range of values. Its price varies from about $0.30 per carat for bort-size material to about $7 to $10 per carat for most stones, with some larger stones selling for up to $200 per carat. [/QUOTE] [Source (PDF).](https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/diamond/diamomyb03.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/27 "2017-03-17T20:06:35Z")
> [@JR\_Brown](#): > > Its price varies from about $0.30 per carat for bort-size material to about $7 to $10 per carat for most stones That’s barely enough to buy a [novelty license plate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au1He0_eCkw)! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495/28 "2017-03-17T20:38:20Z")
> [@JR\_Brown](#): > > For novelty value and a nice souvenir, sure. But from the picture this is not a gem-grade rock so, alas, I doubt it’s worth that much: > > [Source (PDF).](https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/diamond/diamomyb03.pdf) Brown diamonds used to be used for industrial, but now they are marketed as “Chocolate”! :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-diamonds-in-arkansas/781495.md?page=1)