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In nineteen twenty eight, a young man named Punch Jones was pitching horseshoes beside an ordinary dirt road in Peterstown, West Virginia. During the game, a stray horseshoe landed in a roadside ditch and kicked up a heavy rounded pebble that glowed with a strange bluish white luster. Punch picked up the curious stone and carried it home, tossing it inside an old wooden cigar box where it sat undisturbed for fourteen years. Only when wartime mineral demands prompted an expert appraisal did geologists realize the roadside pebble was a raw diamond of thirty four carats. Known today as the Jones Diamond, that legendary find proves that massive raw gems can hide in plain sight along ordinary rural roadsides.
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In nineteen twenty eight, a young man named Punch Jones was pitching horseshoes beside an ordinary dirt road in Peterstown, West Virginia. During the game, a stray horseshoe landed in a roadside ditch and kicked up a heavy rounded pebble that glowed with a strange bluish white luster. Punch picked up the curious stone and carried it home, tossing it inside an old wooden cigar box where it sat undisturbed for fourteen years. Only when wartime mineral demands prompted an expert appraisal did geologists realize the roadside pebble was a raw diamond of thirty four carats. Known today as the Jones Diamond, that legendary find proves that massive raw gems can hide in plain sight along ordinary rural roadsides.
Learn how to identify gemstones yourself
🎯Start your Gemology Journey for Beginners:
➡ domviron.com/ebook
📩 For copyright concerns or collaboration inquiries, please contact:
cabodanau@domviron.com — we’re happy to cooperate!
#RawDiamonds #RoadsideRocks #GemstoneHunting #Rockhounding #JonesDiamond
