Micherre Fox traveled to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas hoping to find a diamond for her engagement ring. On her last day, July 29, she found a 2.3-carat white diamond while walking along the West Drain. The stone was confirmed to be a diamond at the Diamond Discovery Center. Since the park opened in 1906, over 75,000 diamonds have been discovered there, with common colors being white, brown, and yellow. Fox named her diamond the Fox-Ballou Diamond for her engagement ring.
"Having never seen an actual diamond in my hands, I didn't know for sure, but it was the most 'diamond-y diamond' I had seen," Fox told Arkansas State Parks. "I got on my knees and cried, then started laughing."
Since the first diamonds were discovered in the area in 1906, over 75,000 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds State Park. Diamonds can come in all colors, though the three most common colors found at the Arkansas park are white, brown, and yellow.
The park is also where the largest diamond in the United States was discovered. It was uncovered in 1924 during a mining operation on the land that later became Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Many visitors who find diamonds at the Crater of Diamonds State Park choose to name them, and Fox has decided to call hers the Fox-Ballou Diamond, after her and her partner's last names.
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