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Arkansas Diamond Scam
March 16, 2008 | FakeMinerals.com

There is only one active diamond mine in the United States - at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. The mine yields a few hundred carats per year, mostly found by pay-to-dig visitors. A report at FakeMinerals.com says that a person has been sneaking look-alike diamonds from an Indian mine into the park and claiming that they were found there. The stones are then sold to people willing to pay high prices for stones that represent the Arkansas locality.

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