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The Amarillo Starlight Diamond
Origin of name
The Amarillo diamond gets its name from the city of origin of the finder/owner of the diamond, Mr. W.W. Johnson of Amarillo, Texas, who exposed the diamond in the year 1975, at the world's unique diamond mine open to the public, where one could look for diamonds after paying a nominal fee and maintain what you discover.
Characteristics of the stone
The Amarillo Starlight diamond is a 7.54-carat, marquise-cut, white diamond of mysterious color and clearness ratings.
If the diamond is an extremely colorless diamond also known as a D-color diamond, it is a Type IIa, which are supposed to be chemically clean and structurally wonderful diamonds. Factors that can grounds color in diamonds are lacking in these Type IIa diamonds. Hence they are entirely colorless in nature. Two essential features that can cause shade in diamonds are presence of trace measures of dirtiness in the crystal and plastic twist of the crystal.
History of the diamond
The Amarillo Star coarse diamond, a 16.37-carat white stone was revealed in 1975 by W. W. Johnson of Amarillo, Texas, whereas he was on trip with his family, at the Crater of Diamonds State park, in Arkansas.
The 16.37-carat white rough diamond grown to be the largest diamond ever discovered by a park visitor subsequent to the Crater's organization as a state park in 1972. The diamond still grasps this record up to date. In trusting with the park's policy that "finders are keepers" Mr. Johnson turned out to be the owner of the diamond. Consequently he got the diamond cut into a marquise-shape evaluating 7.54 carats, with the predictable loss of 8.83 carats. Such victims are regular in the dispensation of diamonds, in the efforts to reach the best quality diamonds, with the highest fire and brilliance.
History of the Crater of Diamonds State Park
The history of the Crater of Diamonds State Park can be divided into three periods:-
1) First period -From 1906 to 1952. First stage of ineffective commercial mining.
2) Second period - From 1952 to 1972. Stage of growth as a privately owned tourist appeal, known as the Crater of Diamonds.
3) Third Period - From 1972 to date. Stage of improvement as a state-sponsored tourist attraction, known as the Crater of Diamonds State Park.
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