Arkansas State Parks
Micherre Fox found a 2.30 carat diamond. It will be your engagement ring
A young New Yorker found a raw diamond in an Arkansas state park in the United States. He called him diamond Fox-Ballou-and will use it in his engagement ring.
Most couples have a story to tell about their marriage proposal. In case of Micherre FoxThe story is the engagement ring itself – and the way the bride took care of making it appear.
After weeks of hard work looking, at Crater of Diamonds State Park, one of the only places in the world where visitors can Search for precious stones and stay with themMicherre Fox found a 2.30 carat diamond.
Micherre, 31-year-old New York Product Manager, traveled in July from her city to Arkansas, on a journey to look for your own diamond – who intended to include in the ring of his engagement.
It doesn’t happen every day, but in Crater of Diamonds State Parka park known for its diamond lands in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, occurs from time to time: Someone finds a diamond – and stay with him.
It happened, for example, in January last year, when Julien Navasa Parisian tourist, 7.46 carats in the already famous Natural Park of the US state.
According to one from Arkansas State Parks, Micherre, who had just completed a postgraduate degree, decided to devote part of a month of vacation looking for a diamond.
“I was willing to go anywhere in the world To make this happen, ”says the young woman.“ I researched and found that The only place in the world for this It was really in our backyard, in Arkansas! ”
After two weeks of intense preparation, he arrived at Crater of Diamonds State Park on July 8 to start his adventure in search of diamonds – and Only on your last day, on July 29It is that he found something to shine by his feet.
“I had never seen a real diamond in my handsI wasn’t sure, but It was the most ‘diamond’ diamond I had seen“, Count Michere.
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With a beautiful metallic glow, the diamond found by Micherre Fox is 2.30 carats, is colorless and has a smooth and rounded shape
With a tight gem in the wrist, Micherre ran to the park’s diamond discovery center, where an employee confirmed that he had found a white or colorless diamond, with more than two carats.
Micherre stayed dominated by emotion when hearing the news. “I put myself on my knees and cried, Then I started laughing“Says the young woman.
Its diamond the approximate size of a human canine tooth, with a smooth and rounded shape and a beautiful metallic glowtypical of most diamonds in the crater. Its imperfections surface suggests its violent origin inside the earth’s cloak.
“The story of Mrs. Fox highlights the fact that even when the best effort is made, be in the right place at the right time plays a role in the discovery of diamonds ”, Waymon CoxAssistant Superintendent of the Park.
Many park visitors decide to baptize the diamonds they find. Micherre gave his gem the name of Diamante Fox-Ballouin honor of your nickname and your partner, and now plan to engage in your engagement ring.
“After all the investigation, There is luck and there is hard work“Micherre says.“ When you’re literally catching the earth in your handsno amount of investigation can do this for you; No amount of education It can take you to the end. It was scary!”
This is the third largest diamond found in the park in 2025. So far, this year, 366 diamonds were found – Including 11 with more than one carat.
