Overview

• Diamond Discovery Center staff confirmed her July 29 discovery as a 2.3-carat colorless gem, ranking it third among the park’s finds in 2025.
• Fox spent three weeks scouring the Crater of Diamonds State Park’s 37.5-acre search area before spotting the stone in the West Drain on her final day.
• She named the gem the Fox-Ballou Diamond and plans to have it set in a custom engagement ring after a two-year personal quest.
• Arkansas State Parks has registered 366 diamonds so far this year, including 11 weighing over one carat, and the site has yielded more than 75,000 gems since 1906.
• With natural-diamond prices under pressure from growing lab-grown supply, Fox’s self-found stone carries heightened symbolic and cultural resonance.