Retired pastor from Diamond finds unusual diamond

[April 29, 2010]  MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- A retired minister from Diamond, Mo., may have been destined to find a diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park.

But Mack Evans said the 4.89-carat rock he discovered recently didn't even look like a diamond, and he almost threw it away.

The grayish-white diamond, which is the size of a jellybean, is called a "Ghost Diamond."

Park interpreter Margi Jenks said most diamonds form as a single crystal, but occasionally an aggregate like the one Evans found will pop up.

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Information from: Texarkana Gazette, http://www.texarkanagazette.com/

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