Friday, June 26, 2009  The Uncle Sam Diamond  The Uncle Sam
Diamond  The "Uncle Sam" diamond is the largest diamond ever
found in the United States, weighing 40.23 carats and discovered
in 1924, by Wesley Ole Ba sham in the Prairie Creek pipe mine,
which later came to be known as the Crater of Diamonds Park,
situated in Arkansas. The diamond gets its name from the nick
name of the founder W.O. Ba sham, who was fondly referred to as
Uncle Sam.   The Uncle Sam rough diamond crystal before cutting
Nature of the Uncle Sam diamond  The diamond is a 12.42-carat,
emerald-cut stone with an unknown color and clarity grade. The
website of the Crater of Diamonds State Park describes the
diamond as a white diamond with a pink cast weighing 40.23
carats. The clarity of the diamond appears to be exceptional
from the photographs of the diamond.  The Uncle Sam Diamond-
After cutting  The slight pink tone of the diamond may be caused
by slight plastic distortions in the crystal structure during
its formation in the earth's m