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Washington man finds 2.2-carat diamond for engagement ring at state park
By Ann Schmidt article
Christian Linden, 26, from Poulsbo, Washington, recently found a 2.2-carat yellow diamond at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. (Arkansas State Parks)
MURFREESBORO, Ark. - Since he was in eighth grade, Christian Linden has wanted to make his own
gemstones he mined himself.
milestone on the project.
Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park earlier this month, Linden, from Poulsbo,
Washington, found a 2.20-carat yellow diamond, the largest diamond found at the park since last October, according to a release from
Before searching for the gemstones, Linden spent five years panning for gold around Washington, the release said.
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According to Arkansas State Parks, 26-year-old Christian Liden set a goal for himself to create an engagement ring for his future wife made of stones he mined himself. After his Crater of Diamonds State Park find, his dream will come true.
Liden told Crater of Diamonds park rangers that he and a friend traveled to the park on May 7.
“We spent about an hour in the field that afternoon and returned early the next morning to mine all day,” Liden said.
Liden didn t find his valued treasure on the first day of their trip. However, by day 3 and after long hours of mining, Liden says he knew the diamond when he spotted it.
It’s thrilling when hard work pays off. For years, 26-year-old Christian Liden, of Poulsbo, Wash., has wanted to find the raw materials to make his own engagement ring. He started by panning for gold around his home state. After five years, he had accumulated enough for the ring. Liden recently embarked on a mining excursion that led him across the country to Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park to collect gemstones for his creation.
Liden and a longtime friend left Washington on May 1. They built their own mining equipment to search with and tested it at a Montana sapphire mine along the way. The friends arrived at Arkansas’s diamond site late on Friday, May 7. “We spent about an hour in the field that afternoon and returned early the next morning to mine all day,” Liden said.