An Arkansas man who picked up what he thought was a piece of glass at a state park says he later learned his jelly bean-sized find was something much more valuable: It was a 4.87-carat diamond.
Jerry Evans visited Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, for the first time with his girlfriend last spring, he told park officials.
Though he pocketed the pyramid-shaped find, he wasn’t sure if it was a diamond, Evans said in the release.
Crater of Diamonds, which became a state park in 1972, is known as a source of diamonds from their original volcanic source, according to park officials.
Jerry Evans, who found a 4.87-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, has named his discovery the Evans Diamond.
Evans heard back from the institute a few weeks later, when they informed him he had found a near-colorless diamond, according to the release.
His diamond became the largest one registered at the park since Labor Day of 2020, when Kevin Kinard of Maumelle, Arkansas, found a 9.07-carat brown diamond there, according to park officials. »
