MURFREESBORO, Ark. – Officials said two friends mining from Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park found a historically large diamond during a livestream.
Park officials said 35-year-old Jack Pearadin of Nashville, Arkansas, and 43-year-old Michael Schumacher of Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, dug up a 6.03-carat yellow diamond on Jan. 25. The pair was processing a bucket of gravel they had dug up in December, fighting the winter weather, for viewers on TikTok Live when they made their find.
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“I was flipping gravel centers and showing people how we do it,” Pearadin said, adding that the winter weather made it a challenge.
“Everything was frozen!” he said. “I was trying to bring out stuff to wash when I could.”…