Man nearly tosses 4.38-carat diamond
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In this photo released by the Crater of Diamonds State Park, a 4.38-carat, tea-colored diamond found Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, is shown in Murfreesboro, Ark., Monday. (AP Photo/Crater of Diamonds State Park)
MURFREESBORO, Ark. - Chad Johnson has found about 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park, but on Monday he nearly threw away his largest find yet. A cube-shaped rock plucked out of his sifters turned out to be a 4.38-carat, tea-colored diamond.
Johnson, 36, made the dig Saturday at the park and left his equipment in a locker. When he came back Monday morning, he made the discovery.
Crater of Diamonds State Park, which opened in 1972, is the world's only diamond-producing site open to the public, and visitors can keep the gems they unearth. The largest diamond found at the park was the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight, a white diamond found in 1975.
Johnson's find is the second-largest diamond uncovered at the park this year. In June, a Louisiana man found a 4.8-carat stone. More than 700 diamonds have been found there this year.
Since moving to Arkansas from Iowa in February, Johnson said, he was living off money made by selling diamonds. He only recently took a job at a convenience store, partly because he "got tired of selling diamonds to make ends meet."
Park officials declined to speculate how much money Johnson could get for the diamond. Johnson suggested he expects much more than what he is used to getting.
"If someone offers me that much money, it's theirs," Johnson said.
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i wana go pick diamonds oso
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me too
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guess wat will happen to dat piece of land if it's in singapore?
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/foresee a long queue everydayOriginally posted by Hello Kitty:guess wat will happen to dat piece of land if it's in singapore? -
eeww.....the first tot of the picture was a broken tooth. then i read your thread about the croco in that ODD forum. the croco lost a tooth. this one?
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heheheOriginally posted by littlestream:eeww.....the first tot of the picture was a broken tooth. then i read your thread about the croco in that ODD forum. the croco lost a tooth. this one? -
no lah.. the gabrament will forcably buy the land invoking some kind of obscure law and the SLA will take over.. then transfer it to Temasek..
where the PM's husband will mismanage it to death..
idiots like CSJ will jump out of the woodwork to rant at the gabrament.. maybe Ling How Doong will get fed up with CSJ and tell him "don't talk cock"
somehow, it's under Hougang or Potong Pasir, the MIW will suddenly make nice with the MP there... and CSJ will condemn the MP for being a MIW crony
in the midst of the squabbling, some FT will come take over the whole thing because the PM's husband, in his ineptitude would have lost it somehow
oh.. the long queue? the red truck come and break it all upOriginally posted by Phoebie:/foresee a long queue everyday -
Originally posted by the Bear:no lah.. the gabrament will forcably buy the land invoking some kind of obscure law and the SLA will take over.. then transfer it to Temasek..
where the PM's husband will mismanage it to death..
idiots like CSJ will jump out of the woodwork to rant at the gabrament.. maybe Ling How Doong will get fed up with CSJ and tell him "don't talk cock"
somehow, it's under Hougang or Potong Pasir, the MIW will suddenly make nice with the MP there... and CSJ will condemn the MP for being a MIW crony
in the midst of the squabbling, some FT will come take over the whole thing because the PM's husband, in his ineptitude would have lost it somehow
oh.. the long queue? the red truck come and break it all up -
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Sounds like it will happen -
Originally posted by the Bear:no lah.. the gabrament will forcably buy the land invoking some kind of obscure law and the SLA will take over.. then transfer it to Temasek..
where the PM's husband will mismanage it to death..
idiots like CSJ will jump out of the woodwork to rant at the gabrament.. maybe Ling How Doong will get fed up with CSJ and tell him "don't talk cock"
somehow, it's under Hougang or Potong Pasir, the MIW will suddenly make nice with the MP there... and CSJ will condemn the MP for being a MIW crony
in the midst of the squabbling, some FT will come take over the whole thing because the PM's husband, in his ineptitude would have lost it somehow
oh.. the long queue? the red truck come and break it all up -
it'll be govt's property.Originally posted by Phoebie:/foresee a long queue everyday
trespassers will be shot. -
trespassers will be stripped nakedOriginally posted by Hello Kitty:it'll be govt's property.
trespassers will be shot. -
Originally posted by Hello Kitty:it'll be govt's property.
trespassers will be shot. -
survivors will be shot again...Originally posted by Hello Kitty:it'll be govt's property.
trespassers will be shot.
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I want to go pick diamonds too.