Today we took off from Dallas heading to Hot Springs, Arkansas. I have never been to Arkansas before. The ride took 5 hours. Along the road we stopped at Crater of Diamonds State Park. It is the only public place in the country where you can dig for diamonds yourself. The most common gemstone is Jasper. We got a huge rock of Jasper. We unfortunately did not get any diamonds. My parents thought they found diamonds but they were just quartz, calcite, and barite. I will be learning about rocks and minerals in science soon. (WT)
Road Schooling with the Tischers 
Did staff members teach you what differentiates a diamond from quartz, barite, or calcite? What does jasper look like? Did you get to keep any of the rocks?
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Woody says ” we got to keep all of the rocks, and they did tell us all we needed to know. I will tell you later, in great detail.”
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