Overview
- Arkansas State Parks confirmed the 3.09-carat white diamond Monday in a Facebook post, registering Keshia Smith’s find from last month.
- Smith uncovered the stone on the south side of the park’s 37-acre search field during day two of her trip while digging with her boyfriend and brother.
- Other visitors urged her to have the shiny stone checked, and park staff verified it as a diamond after an on-site identification.
- She named it the Za’Novia Liberty Diamond to honor her grandchildren and the United States’ 250th year.
- The park says it is the second-largest diamond registered there in 2026, at a site known as the only public field where people can hunt diamonds in their original volcanic source, where visitors have found more than 37,000 stones since 1972.