8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 31, 2002

                               CARBO CERAMICS INC.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 Delaware                         001-15903                    72-1100013
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(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File               (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)               Number)                Identification No.)

6565 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1050, Irving, TX                  75039
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (972) 401-0090





         Item 5.  Other Events.

         On May 31, 2002 Carbo Ceramics Inc. completed its acquisition of
privately-held Pinnacle Technologies Inc. A press release describing the
transaction was released by Carbo Ceramics Inc. on May 31, 2002, a copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The
transaction was structured as a merger of a subsidiary of Carbo Ceramics with
and into Pinnacle. The aggregate purchase price of 324,226 shares of common
stock and approximately $12.4 million in cash was negotiated on an arms' length
basis by representatives of Carbo Ceramics and Pinnacle. Carbo Ceramics will use
cash on hand to pay the cash portion of the merger consideration.

         Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information
                  and Exhibits

(c)      Exhibits:  Press release dated May 31, 2002.







                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

Date: June 5, 2002

                                            CARBO CERAMICS INC.


                                            By:  /s/ Paul G. Vitek
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                                            Name:  Paul G. Vitek
                                            Title: Sr. Vice President, Finance
                                                   and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              CONTACT:  PAUL VITEK, CFO
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                                                             Release  #02-06

       CARBO Ceramics Completes Acquisition of Pinnacle Technologies, Inc.
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IRVING, Texas (May 31, 2002) -- CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR), a manufacturer
of ceramic proppants for use in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil
wells, announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately-held
Pinnacle Technologies, Inc. Pinnacle is the world's leading provider of fracture
diagnostic services and provides fracture mapping services, sells the most
widely used fracture simulation model in the world (FracProPT(R)) and is a
leader in providing fracture design services to oil and gas companies worldwide.
The signing of the merger agreement was previously announced by CARBO Ceramics
on May 22, 2002.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, CARBO Ceramics issued 324,226 shares of
its common stock and paid $12.4 million in cash in exchange for all of the
outstanding shares of Pinnacle. CARBO Ceramics also assumed approximately 78,000
Pinnacle employee stock options, each of which became an option to purchase two
shares of CARBO Ceramics' common stock.

Pinnacle is now a wholly owned subsidiary of CARBO Ceramics. Pinnacle remains
headquartered in San Francisco under existing management. Christopher Wright
remains the President of Pinnacle and becomes Vice President of CARBO Ceramics.

CARBO Ceramics Inc. is based in Irving, Texas.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties including price volatility, operation and other risks and other
factors described in the Company's publicly available SEC reports, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements.

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