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Article: Crater of Diamonds: a gem in Arkansas' State Park system.(20 Arkansas Icons)
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- Arkansas Business
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- March 15, 2004
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HILLARY CLINTON STOOD by her husband, Bill Clinton, 11 years ago as he was sworn in as president of the United States. Gracing her right hand was the Kahn Canary, a 4.24-carat yellow diamond, homegrown at Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro.
Stan Kahn, owner of Kahn Jewelers at Pine Bluff, bought the rare, intensely yellow, triangular diamond shortly after George Steppes uncovered it at Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro in 1977.
According to Kahn family legend, Hillary insisted on wearing the stone when her husband was inaugurated for the second time in 1997.
"We can't have the inauguration without the Kahn Canary," she ...