Courtesy of Crater of Diamonds State Park
Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only open-source diamond mine in the country. For a small fee, diggers can pay to play their odds in the dirt where the biggest and most valuable U.S. diamonds like the million-dollar Esperanza Diamond were discovered.
Deep in southwest Arkansas is a state park that charges visitors $10 to search for gems that can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. share this article
If you have the good fortune to live long enough, it is a physiological fact that you only turn 40 once, though the ink of that fact can get smudged slightly if you’re an identical triplet, one of three daughters who arrived into the world within two minutes of each other. What is already a milestone birthday becomes even more significant.
Lapis lazuli is a rock, which means it consists of three minerals, including lazurite, calcite and pyrite. Gemological Institute of America
This prized material has been used to adorn great works of art from pharaohs coffins to the Sistine Chapel, and it s also touted for its connection to cosmic wisdom and use in feng shui. In fact, it was once more precious than gold. We re talking, of course, about brilliant blue lapis lazuli, which can be found on King Tut s coffin and other funeral items. In crushed form, it became the bluest blue in an artist s palette ultramarine so expensive that Michelangelo couldn t afford it.