US EditionVisitor Finds 2.3-Carat Diamond at Arkansas State Park
Micherre Fox found the third-largest diamond at the park this year after a three-week search, choosing to personalize her engagement ring with the 2.3-carat stone.
- Micherre Fox, a 31-year-old from Manhattan, discovered a 2.3-carat gem-quality white diamond on July 29, 2025, during her final day at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds park.
- Fox started her diamond hunt on July 8 after graduating and preparing for two weeks during a month-long break, aiming to find a stone for her engagement ring.
- After hunting for three weeks with no luck, Fox noticed the diamond sparkling by her feet in the park's 37.5-acre West Drain and confirmed it at the Diamond Discovery Center.
- The diamond, named the Fox-Ballou Diamond after Fox and her partner, is the third-largest found at the park this year, which has registered over 366 diamonds so far.
- Fox plans to set the diamond in her engagement ring, and her story highlights the blend of research, hard work, and luck involved in such discoveries at Arkansas's unique park.
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Woman finds 2.3 carat diamond at state park, plans to use in engagement ring
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (KARK) – A New York woman completed her mission of finding the key component of her engagement ring after snagging a 2.3-carat diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. About two years ago, New York City native Micherre Fox decided to find her own diamond for an engagement ring. She set out on a month-long break after completing graduate school to search for one. (Photos courtesy Arkansas State Parks) "There's …
'Got on my knees and cried': Woman finds 2.3 carat diamond at state park, plans to use in engagement ring
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Woman Finds a 2.3-Carat Diamond at a State Park. Now, She Plans to Use It for Her Own Engagement Ring
"I got on my knees and cried, then started laughing,” Micherre Fox said of her initial reaction to the lucky findCrater of Diamonds State Park Micherre Fox shows off her new diamond from Credit Crater of Diamonds State ParkNEED TO KNOWA woman traveled to an Arkansas state park and found a 2.3-carat white diamond, which she now intends to use in her engagement ringMicherre Fox discovered the diamond on July 29 while walking along the 37.5-acre di…
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