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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
Not many people are aware that the State of Georgia has had reports of diamond finds. The first such find occurred in 1883 by a prospector looking for gold in Hall County. This was the first reliable record of a diamond being found. A private property in Gainesville was the location, off a branch of "Muddy Creek" not far from the Chattahoochee River. Just 13 miles northeast of Gainesville, diamonds were also found in gravel along Stockeneter Branch at The Glades. The actual source of the diamonds were never found.
During the gold rush days in White, Lumpkin and Dawson Counties there were reports of diamond finds as well but the actual locations of the finds were not reported. The finds were authenticated. There has been speculation that a belt of sandstone and quartz schist in Hall, Banks and Habersham Counties may be the source of the diamonds but has not yet been proved.
In 1887 a diamond was found about 1 1/2 miles from Morrow Station in Clayton County. The stone was discovered on a hill by a farmer plowing his field. An attempt to dig for additional diamonds there was not successful. There were also numerous reports of diamonds found 11 miles southeast of Macon, Georgia but again, the location of these finds remain unclear.
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