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Woman Finds Yellow Diamond While Watching YouTube Video on How to Find Diamonds
- dvh 7y agoWoman finds yellow diamond in well known diamond rich field when she went there to look for diamonds, news at 11.
- torgian 7y agoThat's pretty cool. Nothing cooler than finding a shiny rock.
- Toine 7y agoWhy is this on HN ?
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- amelius 7y agoBecause beside intellectually stimulating articles, there are also a lot of upvoted posts about easy money making on HN.
- acollins1331 7y agoBecause some smart people find it interesting, that's always been the barrier for making it to the HN front page.
- spectramax 7y agoClick bait title, should be just "Woman Finds a Yellow Diamond at a State Park after the Recent Rainfall". There is literally nothing interesting to talk about in this article.
- ExodusOrbitals1 7y agoThis is the only diamond-bearing site accessible to the general public, so this is at least a moderately interesting subject.
- lightedman 7y agoThere are plenty of diamond-bearing sites in California which are publicly accessible. You just need to know how to find kimberlite pipes on BLM lands.
- im3w1l 7y agoI like the title. It's a quick way to convey her approximate experience level.
- rhacker 7y agoI checked into a Casino/Hotel tonight. They had some images and names of people that won about 2500-5000 that day... Should we put up a couple of articles each time someone wins a jackpot at a slot machine? OH, nevermind, they weren't doing something with a social media platform when they hit the jackpot. Shit post
- yourfate 7y agoHow much is something like that worth?
- tartrate 7y agoThis is mentioned in the article
- Cogito 7y agoI didn't see it on the first run through, so had to go back. From the article: > There are a ton of factors that go into appraising a diamond like the one that Hollingshead discovered, but it’s likely worth somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars.
- larrydag 7y agoI think it depends on color and clarity but I imagine a pretty good amount.
- spookware 7y agoYellow diamonds? Sorry but unless the diamond is clear its considered inpure and into the bin it goes. Then marketing got involved. Now yellow diamonds are a thing. Dont fall for it.
- dTal 7y agoIt's all marketing isn't it? Or is there some intrinsic reason why the spectral response of the impurities in a carbon lattice actually matters?
- krapp 7y ago>Or is there some intrinsic reason why the spectral response of the impurities in a carbon lattice actually matters? It makes a pretty color?
- asdf9240 7y agobut if people perceive yellow diamonds to be pretty (even if its through marketing), then it is all the same
- alistairSH 7y agoYes. While diamonds have always been valuable, in the 19th century, DeBeers bought most/all known large mines and exercised their monopoly position to control the market. They also launched massive marketing campaigns touting diamonds as the "best" stone for an engagement ring.
- krisoft 7y agoDiamonds? Sorry but that's a form of carbon way too hard to eat and into the bin it goes. Then marketing got involved. Now diamonds are a thing. Don't fall for it.
- emilfihlman 7y agoNot even remotely in the same ballpark.
- RickJWagner 7y agoI live a short distance from Crater of Diamonds State Park. It's just a big field, plowed occasionally to turn up fresh dirt. Visitors look through the plowed dirt, looking for diamonds. It's a unique place. Kind of fun, for the first half hour or so. (Then a little tedious.)
- atwebb 7y agoWe went recently and had a good time. It was very hot and we took a few breaks, we didn't find any diamonds. The kids had a great time, the facilities are quite nice, and we got to see more of Arkansas which is quickly becoming a favorite state.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoI'm in Harrison, and have been meaning to get down there. Is there a way to know ahead of time when they plow the field? Also, I seem to recall that at least at one time there was a private individual who offered something similar to the park itself. Is that option still around?
- RickJWagner 7y agoI don't know about either of those. But here's a tip-- they say if you go looking right after a rain, the dust is wetted down and the diamonds are easier to find. So they say, I can't say for myself.
- runevault 7y agoI went on a school field trip as a kid, def something fun to do once for like half an hour to an hour. Though might be interesting to go back as an adult, though I'm only back in that part of the country for the holidays now which leaves me with little time to drive all the way there.
- 0xcafecafe 7y agoCaro avenger is an interesting name for a diamond :)
- larrydag 7y agoIf anyone is in or around Arkansas it is a fun place to visit especially with kids. For a small price of admission you get to go onto the property and dig around in the dirt as much as you want. There are people in the area that do it as a hobby bringing shovels and 5-gallon buckets to see what they can find. A park ranger told us the same thing from the article that the best time to find diamonds is right after a large rainfall when the ground shifts and diamonds can be seen on the surface in the sunlight.
- Shivetya 7y agothe same can be said about those who want to find seashells, the beaches after very large storms are fascinating and rewarding. with regards to ruby, diamond, and other precious gem, mining the part I find enjoyable is most of these places are off the beaten path and a day spent in the country playing in the mud can be rewarding for lack of distractions of everyday life
- larrydag 7y agoEspecially in Arkansas. It's a really beautiful state. There is a bunch of other natural beauty to see like hot springs and cave tours. Our family has vacation in Arkansas quite a bit.
- jjeaff 7y agoBlanchard Springs Caverns in Arkansas are truly a site to behold. Pictures cannot do it justice. And I have been to many well known caverns throughout the world to compare. As far as a cave that you can simply take an elevator down to and walk through on paved sidewalks, it is one of the best in the world. (There are also other portions for the more adventurous. Some that are completely underwater and require scuba gear.)
- wavefunction 7y agoI look for fossils after heavy rains and flooding.
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- nickthemagicman 7y agoDo diamonds react to any type of fields or anything? Is there a way to invent a diamond detector much like a metal detector?
- mullen 7y agoDiamonds are just compacted carbon. If you could create a device that detected dense carbon objects, then it could find diamonds.
- ls612 7y agoThis hypothetical device would also find every living organism around it as well so it would be kinda useless.
- rc_hadoken 7y agoI'm not a scientist but surely theres a threshold density for diamonds that is far above rocks/living objects?
- dragonwriter 7y ago> surely theres a threshold density for diamonds that is far above rocks Nope, diamond is 3.51g/cm³, some rocks are in the same density range.
- Florin_Andrei 7y agoDiamond's density is 3.5 g/cm3, nothing special.
- brippalcharrid 7y agoDensity of rocks seems to top out around 3.2 g/cm³[0], but if you could find a way of scanning for material that was 99%+ Carbon and which had the density of diamond (3.51 g/cm³) and you could detect very small buried items, then that might be a start. https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Exemplars_and_Case_Studies/Exemplars/Geology/Density_of_Rocks_and_Soils https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Exemplars_an...
- nsxwolf 7y agoDeBeers and all that, can she actually get money for this thing?
- codazoda 7y agoI bet someone would buy it. I wonder if it helps that its origin is well known.
- sciencesama 7y agoA man learns coding by watching youtube videos !!