Man Finds 7-Carat Diamond At Arkansas State Park

Julien Navas, a visitor from France, hit the jackpot while visiting a State Park in Arkansas.

While visiting the Arkansas Crater of Diamonds State Park, Navas discovered a 7.46-carat diamond.

Navas bought a diamond hunting kit at the park, and shortly after breaking ground, he discovered his loot.

Navas shared, “I am so happy! All I can think about is telling my fiancée what I found.”

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Here’s what Fox News reported:

Is Arkansas just as magical as Paris? For one man, the answer appears to be “yes.”

Julien Navas, a resident of Paris, France, ran into some luck as he unearthed a 7.46-carat diamond at the Arkansas Crater of Diamonds State Park earlier this month.

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“[The park] is a magical place where the dream of finding a diamond can come true! It was a real great adventure,” the Parisian said, as reported by Arkansas State Parks.

Navas had been traveling across the U.S.

After stopping to see a rocket launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida, he traveled to New Orleans.

On Jan. 11, Navas purchased a diamond hunting kit from the park and then began his adventure looking for gems.

“I got to the park around 9:00 and started to dig,” Navas said. “That is back-breaking work, so by the afternoon I was mainly looking on top of the ground for anything that stood out.”

After several hours, he brought his discoveries to the park’s Diamond Discovery Center and found out that he was carrying a brown diamond weighing 7.46 carats.

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— KAREN NELSON (@KARENNE98132723) January 25, 2024

Per USA Today:

A French tourist found a 7.46-carat diamond while visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

Julien Navas, of Paris, found the diamond earlier this month on the surface of the park’s 37.5-acre search area, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks.

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The park had received more than an inch of rain a few days before Navas’ visit, according to the news release, which made it a wet and muddy day. After buying his ticket and renting a diamond-hunting kit from the park, Navas got to work.

“I got to the park around nine o’clock and started to dig,” Navas said in the news release. “That is back-breaking work so by the afternoon I was mainly looking on top of the ground for anything that stood out.”