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One of world's largest diamonds found in horseshoe pit in W.Va.

The Punch Jones Diamond, one of the world's largest alluvial diamonds, found in West Virginia.
PETERSTOWN, W.Va. — Diamonds don't exist naturally in West Virginia, yet one of the largest ever found was discovered in a horseshoe pit in...

Entrenched meander near Beckley, W.Va., a geologic curiosity

Just east of Beckley, in southern West Virginia, Piney Creek descends into a gorge that wanders the tablelands south of the New River Gorge. Near its...

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