HOUSTON — A casual question to Siri helped spark the journey that ended with a 2.09-carat brown diamond for a Cypress teacher visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park.
James Ward, a 41-year-old high school teacher from Cypress, found the diamond on Tuesday, Dec. 30, while visiting the park with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two sons, Adrian, 9, and Austin, 7.
A Siri search sparks a holiday adventure
The idea for the trip started at home in mid-December.
“One day we were watching TV, and Austin came and said, ‘Mommy, Mommy, is there any place in Texas or nearby that we can mine for crystals?’” Elizabeth Ward said…