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Largest Diamonds - 5 Carats and Over
Diamond Statistic Summary
Largest Diamonds since 1972 - 5 Carats and Over
Name
State
Carat Wt.
Ranking
Color
Year
W.W. Johnson
Texas
16.37
1st
White
1975
C. Blankenship
Louisiana
8.82
2nd
White
1981
B. Lamle
Oklahoma
8.61
3rd
Brown
1978
K. Connell
Illinois
7.95
4th
White
1986
M. Dickinson/C. Stevens
Louisiana
7.28
5th
Yellow
1998
T. Dunn
Missouri
6.75
6th
Brown
1975
R. Cooper
Arkansas
6.72
7th
Brown
1997
D. Roden
Texas
6.35
8th
Brown
2006
S. Lee
Arkansas
6.30
9th
White
1988
C. Newman
Arkansas
6.25
10th
White
1981
J. Fedzora
Arkansas
6.23
11th
White
1991
W. Stockton
Kansas
6.20
12th
White
1981
R. Schall
Arkansas
6.07
13th
White
1981
R. Cooper
Arkansas
6.00
14th
Brown
1997
M. Griffin
Illinois
5.90
15th
Brown
1981
L. Hawkins
Texas
5.76
16th
White
1978
G. Snearly
Arkansas
5.63
17th
White
1983
J. Palermo
Louisiana
5.58
18th
Brown
1984
H. Lay
Arkansas
5.57
19th
White
2000
M. Rieff
Arkansas
5.50
20th
White
2000
J. Archer
Arkansas
5.25
21st
Yellow
1994
B. Wehle
Wisconsin
5.47
22nd
Yellow
2006
T. Moore
Oklahoma
5.19
23rd
White
1986
S. Barkley
Arkansas
5.15
24th
White
1980
J. Williamson
Arizona
5.08
25th
Brown
1979
J. Macy
Louisiana
5.00
26th
Yellow
1978
D. Mayes
Arkansas
5.00
27th
White
1978
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Crater of Diamonds State Park Diamond Statistics Summary
Year
Total Found
Total CT. Weight
# Over 1 CT.
White
Brown
Yellow
Other
Paid Visitation
1972
135
55.44
12
65
43
12
15
34,664
1973
151
71.20
19
61
31
17
42
35,669
1974
241
90.92
21
126
66
33
16
54,336
1975
663
88.05
34
388
167
88
20
96,452
1976
395
98.95
18
225
94
65
11
93,870
1977
366
141.06
41
212
79
54
21
91,849
1978
611
232.30
40
359
153
96
3
119,844
1979
402
149.87
24
257
68
67
10
93,793
1980
579
190.97
26
400
101
73
5
80,803
1981
1324
238.58
26
838
266
213
7
97,490
1982
1383
264.38
37
886
237
242
18
71,413
1983
1501
312.57
44
796
353
332
20
87,271
1984
1339
202.26
18
776
304
241
18
75,838
1985
699
148.54
24
458
146
91
4
67,532
1986
930
154.21
23
589
168
165
8
73,447
1987
959
160.38
20
617
185
145
12
71,107
1988
1280
185.14
17
762
246
247
25
75,491
1989
1277
176.29
15
836
226
190
25
86,479
1990
1292
265.17
36
847
239
197
9
67,563
1991
442
105.82
10
245
108
78
11
70,133
1992
470
96.36
14
291
101
73
5
67,145
1993
800
144.44
12
432
204
142
22
55,589
1994
1421
192.09
24
832
270
266
53
53,187
1995
813
138.85
16
464
196
131
22
57,786
1996
923
161.35
20
518
226
160
19
61,252
1997
673
130.15
23
363
159
142
9
55,140
1998
506
103.16
14
318
95
86
7
60,705
1999
471
82.60
10
279
85
100
7
50,698
2000
606
130.02
20
390
106
101
9
46,513
2001
543
78.98
12
353
82
104
4
46,260
2002
614
73.79
7
418
105
89
2
45,167
2003
641
128.37
18
388
136
117
0
47,864
2004
383
58.72
5
231
90
62
0
47,373
2005
536
103.43
19
310
137
89
0
51,852
2006
488
117.51
15
295
106
87
0
83,576
2007
1024
252.73
44
698
175
151
0
171,518
Totals:
26,881
5,324.65
778
16,323
5,553
4,546
459
2,546,669
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