There is nothing called as free food, but there are free Diamonds! You might have never heard of such a stupid thing in your life. Or you might be thinking this is just a joke or some sort of spam to make some traffic to my blog. But don’t be fooled! Yes, there are free diamonds just waiting for anyone. So what’s the catch? It’s Luck! But no, it’s not a competition either. It’s just pure luck.
Myself being a geology student, I always spend my free time reading articles/books on geology on the internet. There are many fascinating things in Geology, but this is really amazing stuff you would’ve ever heard about. So thought of blogging it after a long time.
Say hello to “Crater of Diamonds State Park”. This is a pretty big piece of land located in Arkansas, USA. It’s basically a diamond mine. But it’s open for public at cost of just $7 per head. That’s around 350 Indian bucks. Anyone can visit this park and start mining. Only soft tools are allowed into the park to avoid abuse. And if you find a diamond, it’s all yours for free! Along with diamonds, you might even find semi-precious crystal/gemstones like Amethyst (i love this baby, it’s in our college museum), Agate and Jasper etc.
This park was found in August 1906 by John Huddleston, who found two shining crystals in his 243 acres of field. He soon took those crystals to the local jeweler to get it checked and then it was confirmed that they were diamonds! Geologically, this place is full of diamonds because the field sits on top of a 100 million year old burnt volcanic pipe. And very few volcanoes contain magma with rich in diamond content which give rise to diamond bearing rocks. When these rocks cool down and weather, they leave diamonds behind. Luckily this was one.
According to reports, it’s really not that easy to find diamonds in this park, but everyone is assured of finding one or more semi-precious gemstones or minerals. But there are few lucky people who has found diamonds of highest qualities and sold it for more than hundred grand and plus!
The Crater of Diamonds State Park has its own website containing more details about the park and it’s history and yes, to know why they let people to carry away diamonds for free. You can visit their site over here. You can also read the wiki over here and a very interesting article on geology.com over here. And to see people in action, you can watch a youtube video here.
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Who said diamonds are not free?
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