Overview
- Arkansas State Parks confirmed that Keshia Smith of Pennsylvania found a 3.09-carat white diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro.
- She made the trip with her boyfriend and brother after losing her son and father, looking for comfort in the experience.
- She uncovered the stone while digging on her second day, had park staff verify it, and named it the Za’Novia Liberty Diamond.
- The name honors her two grandchildren and nods to the United States’ 250th year.
- Park officials say it is the second-largest diamond found there in 2026 at the world’s only public site where people search for natural diamonds in their original volcanic source.