It Takes An Above Average Amount Of Self- Determination, Focus, And Dedication To Yourself Plus A Huge Amount Of Luck!

With Modern Intelligent Thinking, Diamond Prospecting Techniques Start With Searching For Diamond "Indicators". Diamond Indicators Are: Kimberlites And Lamproites As Pyrope (red-brown or purple-red garnets), chrome diopside (a chromium-bearing magnesium- and calcium-rich pyroxene), magnesian ilmenite (a magnesium-bearing iron and titanium oxide), and perovskite (a magnesium and iron silicate with a dense arrangement of ions in its crystal lattice).

Kimberlite Weathers To A Yellowish Soil.  Where excavated, the "yellow ground" gives way at depth to fresher "blue ground", and deeper still, to the unaltered dark greenish-brown kimberlite.

Bottom Line - Diamonds Are Farley Rare In Nature And Are Rare In Occurrence Within A Specific Form Of Kimberlite.  Kimberlites are uncommon and widely distributed.   Diamond Bearing Kimberlite Was Discovered In Southern Africa, In 1871 And Named After A Nearby Town; Named Kimberly.

Diamonds are a very tiny fraction of the mass of kimberlite or lamproite.  With Many Diamond Mines Now In Operation Around The World, Not Controlled By Debeers, More Is Being Learned About This Hard Crystal.  Still Held As Corporate Trade Secretes, The Number Of Diamonds Found In Kimberlite Is Very Low.  One Must Process Tons To Find One Diamond.  However, Where Diamonds Can Be Found At The Surface In Quality, Means These Are The Result Of Millions Of Years Of Exposure Diamond-Bearing Kimberlite Top The Natural Elements.

At The "Crator Of Diamonds" State Park In Arkansas, Most Daily Visitors Are Simply Searching The Surface Grounds For Diamonds.  This Is Actually Placer Diamond Prospecting.  Placer Diamonds Is The Term Given To Diamonds That Have Been Released By Natural Erosion Of A Exposed Diamond-Bearing Kimberlite.

Kimberlite Mining - For Those Digging Holes Into The Kimberlite, This Would Be Kimberlite Mining. To Be Successful At Diamond Mining, History Has Proven That A 3 Metric Tonnes Of Kimberlite Would Be Processed To Find A 1 Carrot Diamond.

Conclusion --- It's A Recreational Adventure With A Extremely Unique Opportunity To Earn The Bragging Rights Of Being A Diamond Prospector, Diamond Miner, And Have A Real Chance To Have Some Serious Luck Finding A Genuine Natural Rare Diamond From U.S. Ground!  Process As Much Of The Ground As Possible, In The Fastest Amount Of Time, To Give Yourself The Best Odds To Discovering a Diamond.  Dig Down Two Feet And Search The Virgin Tuff And Kimberlite.  And Have Fun!  It's All About The Recreation!

Thinks To Learn About

• Oxidized Kimberlite

• Peridotite

• Lamproite

Diamond -

• The Hardest Known Material

• The Least Compressible

• The Stiffest Material

• The Best Thermal Conductor

• Extremely Low Thermal Expansion

• Chemically Inert To Most Acids And Alkalis

• Transparent From The Deep UV, Through Visible Light To The Far Infrared

• Is one of the few materials known with a negative electron affinity