Get rich quick – Diamond Mining in Arkansas
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only diamond-producing park in on the entire planet that anyone can mine for fun and profit. This is a 37 acre plowed field that consisted of volcanic rock that has pushed diamonds to the surface. The only drawback here is that in order to collect these diamonds you have to find them first and you also have to go at them with a pickaxe.
Rock hounds love this diamond-mining park because it boasts different kinds of diamonds including white, brown and yellow. However other colors have also been discovered in the rare vein of volcanic rock as well as other types of precious gemstones. If you take your pickaxe and look carefully enough you will also be able to find banded agate lamproite, amethyst, banded agate, jasper, garnet peridot, quartz, calcite, hematite and barite.
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is probably the only site in the world that has a Finder’s Keeper’s policy when it comes to finding the gemstones. Any rocks or minerals that you find are yours to keep regardless of its value. The park also provides free authentication and certification of diamonds.
In the local area, rough diamonds value from $1.00 per point to $10.00 per point or more. Therefore, a small souvenir diamond weighing 10 points might sell for $10.00 to $100.00 depending on the quality. There have been many flawless D cut diamonds found on the site as well.
However there is an admission price of $6.50 for adults per day and $3.50 for children above the age of six. This means that you can camp in the nearby forests and then have the whole family out on the volcanic plain mining for diamonds as part of a potentially lucrative working holiday.