Officials said it is the seventh largest diamond found since the park was established in 1972. There was no immediate estimate of the diamond's value, according to park officials.
After just 30 minutes of searching, Kalel Langford, 14, of Centerton, discovered the 7th-largest diamond found at the Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Posted by KARK 4 News on Thursday, March 16, 2017
Langford said that he spotted the diamond near a stream, nestled among rocks. He plans to keep it, and named it "Superman's Diamond."
Crater of Diamonds encourages tourists to hunt for diamonds on its lands. The 40.23 carat "Uncle Sam," the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States, was mined at Crater of Diamonds in 1924.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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