I think this young girl can now say she’s had one of the most memorable birthdays in modern history…
On September 1, seven-year-old Aspen Brown was celebrating her birthday at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro when she stumbled upon a rare discovery.
Aspen found a 2.95 carat golden brown diamond which was only second in size to the 3.29 carat brown diamond discovered by park guests earlier this year.
Aspen and her father Luther Brown, along with her grandmother, were exploring the north side of the 37.5 acre diamond search area when she decided to take a break and sit down near some big rocks by the fence line.
That’s when Aspen noticed something shining on the ground – it turned out that it was a beautiful diamond about the size of a pea.
According to Caleb Howell, park superintendent, recent erosion management work had uncovered several tons of unsearched diamond bearing material which exposed many potential finds such as Aspen’s diamond.
Waymon Cox, assistant park superintendent described this gem as having “a golden-brown color and a sparkling luster” with no broken facets or crevices except for one small crevice created during its formation process – making it one of most beautiful diamonds seen recently at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
In honor of this amazing find, Aspen named it the “Aspen Diamond”.
Her father Luther remarked that there was no skill required for his daughter to make this find; she just happened to be in exactly the right place at precisely the right time.
This isn’t even close to being the first major diamond find at The Crater Of Diamonds State Park since its creation back in 1972; over 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed from John Huddleston’s original land since then.
In 2019 alone, 563 diamonds totaling 89 carats have been found by park visitors – averaging out to around one or two discoveries each day.
The largest ever U.S.-found diamond was discovered here back in 1924 during an early mining operation on what is now state park property; weighing in at 40.23 carats it goes by name Caro Avenger (which sounds almost too fitting).
