Diamond from
Big Creek diamond occurrence, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
| Locality type: | Glacial Erratic | |
| Origin locality: | Canada | |
| Notes: | Blatchley, W.S. (1902) Gold and Diamonds in Indiana. 27th Annual Report of Geology and Natural Resources: 46. | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Diamond | |
| Formula: | C | |
| Comments: | In 1902, W.S. Blatchley (p. 46) reported that a diamond was found in a creek bed a few miles south of the city of Cleveland in the late 20th century. According to Blatchley, the diamond was then taken to a Boston jeweler and was cut and sold for an estimated $40,000 (adjusted for inflation the diamond would have been worth well over a million United States dollars). Gunn (1968, p. 302) cited the same information as Blatchley (1902), but mentioned that the diamond was found around 1870 in his catalog of drift diamonds found in the Great Lakes Region. In an article for the Ohio Geology Newsletter, Hansen (1982, p. 2) cited that the “Cleveland Diamond” was found “about 1870” in a stream bed “about 4 miles south of Cleveland”, placing it near Big Creek, in the “Old Brooklyn” neighborhood of Cleveland, close to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Hansen also reported that diamond wasn’t sold for an estimated $40,000 dollars in Boston, but rather $10,000 dollars. Hansen (1982) did not cite where he received his “corrected information” other than Gunn (1968). | |
| Significance: | Classic locality for this mineral (see references.) | |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diamond data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Big Creek diamond occurrence, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 254849 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:254849:4 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1c7e1fef-f710-45bd-a344-ab515374eebc | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diamond | ||
| 95.5km (59.3 miles) | ⓘSalem, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA | |
| References | ||
