A woman visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas has unearthed a 2.3-carat diamond valued at approximately $27,000, after initially mistaking the gem for a spiderweb.
Micherre Fox, from Manhattan, was on her third and final day of searching for a diamond to set in her engagement ring when she spotted what she thought was a dew-covered web. Upon kicking it, the object's shine remained, revealing it to be a stone.
Park staff confirmed the find as a white, colourless diamond, roughly the size of a human canine tooth. Fox named the gem the Fox-Ballou Diamond, combining her surname with that of her partner.
According to Arkansas State Parks, 366 diamonds were registered at the park in 2025, with only 11 exceeding one carat. Since the first diamonds were discovered in 1906, more than 75,000 have been found at the site.
Fox plans to have the diamond set into her engagement ring, a goal her partner had agreed to wait for.
