美國教師公園撿到2.12克拉大鑽石！公園規定：誰撿到就歸誰…

A vacationing teacher finds a 2.12-carat diamond at an Arkansas state park

一位正在度假的老師在阿肯色州一個公園裡發現了一顆2.12克拉的鑽石

來源：CNN 翻譯：世界播

This Nebraska teacher will surely win show-and-tell once the school year begins.

新學年一開始，這位內布拉斯加州的老師一定會在「展示與講述」課上吸睛無數。

Josh Lanik, 36, was vacationing with his family when he discovered a brandy-colored gem at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

36歲老師喬什·拉尼克與家人一起在阿肯色州默弗里斯伯勒的鑽石坑州立公園度假時，發現了一顆白蘭地色的寶石。

"It was blatantly obvious there was something different about it," Lanik said, according to a press release from the park issued Monday. "I saw the shine, and when I picked it up and rolled it in my hand, I noticed there weren"t any sharp edges."

據該公園周一發布的一份新聞稿，拉尼克說，「很明顯，它有一些不同之處。我看到了它的光澤，當我拿起它在手裡滾動時，我注意到它沒有任何鋒利的邊緣。」

The teacher from Hebron, Nebraska, showed the stone to his wife and then put the treasure in a bag where he collected other finds. The family spent two hours looking through the park"s 37.5-acre diamond search area on July 24. Before leaving, they stopped by the Diamond Discovery Center in the park to see what kind of treasure they"d unearthed.

這位來自內布拉斯加州希伯侖的老師把這塊石頭拿給他妻子看過後將其放在一個袋子里，這個袋子里還有他收集的其他東西。7月24日，這家人花了兩個小時在該公園37.5英畝的鑽石搜索區進行搜索。在離開之前，他們在公園裡的鑽石探索中心停了下來，想看看他們發現的是什麼樣的寶藏。

Unbeknownst to Lanik, he was carrying around the largest diamond found in the park so far this year. It weighed in at 2.12-carat.

拉尼克不知道的是，他正帶著今年到目前為止在公園裡發現的最大的鑽石。它足足有2.12克拉重。

More than 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed at the park since the first ones were discovered in 1906. So far this year, 296 diamonds have been registered at the park, weighing a total of 53.94 carats.

自1906年第一批鑽石被發現以來，該公園已被挖掘出7.5萬多顆鑽石。今年到目前為止，共有296顆被發現的鑽石在該公園註冊登記，總重量為53.94克拉。

"Mr. Lanik"s gem is about the size of a jellybean and has a dark brown color, similar to brandy," park interpreter Waymon Cox said in the news release. "It has a beautiful natural pear shape and smooth, curved facets that give the gem a metallic shine."

「拉尼克線先生髮現的寶石約一顆軟糖大小，深棕色，類似白蘭地的顏色，」公園翻譯韋蒙·考克斯在新聞發布會上說，「它是很漂亮的天然梨形，表面光滑，帶有金屬光澤。」

The diamond is the size of a jellybean but the largest one found so far this year. (Arkansas State Parks)

這顆鑽石只有軟糖大小，但卻是今年迄今為止發現的最大的一顆。（阿肯色州州立公園）

Cox noted that the recent rainfall likely contributed to Lanik"s discovery.

考克斯指出，最近的降雨可能促成了拉尼克的發現。

"About 14 inches of rain fell at the park on July 16. In the days after the rainfall, park staff registered numerous diamonds found right on the surface of the search area, including two weighing over one carat," he said.

「7月16日，公園下了大約14英寸的雨。在降雨後的幾天里，公園工作人員登記了大量在搜索區域地面發現的鑽石，其中兩顆重量超過一克拉。」他說。

The park has a "finders keepers" policy. When asked if he would sell his gem, which he dubbed the Lanik Family Diamond, he told the park he plans on keeping it for now.

這個公園有「誰撿到就是誰的」的規定。當被問及是否會賣掉這顆寶石時——拉尼克稱其為拉尼克家族鑽石，他告訴公園工作人員，他暫時打算自己保留。

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