US EditionFamily Finds Large Diamond at Arkansas State Park
The nearly 3-carat brown diamond is the third-largest found at the park this year, one of four diamonds over two carats registered in 2025.
- On September 13, Raynae Madison and her family from Cookson, Oklahoma unearthed a nearly three-carat brown diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park, identified as 2.79 carats by Diamond Discovery Center staff.
- Raynae Madison traveled from Cookson, Oklahoma with family to celebrate a nephew's birthday and used a beach digging kit and sand-sifting tools bought at a dollar store near the Prospector Trailhead.
- At the park's north side near Prospector Trailhead, Raynae Madison and family dug and sifted dirt until Madison noticed an oblong, shiny stone, then took it to the Diamond Discovery Center.
- The William Diamond ranks as the third-largest registered at Crater of Diamonds State Park this year, surpassing a 2.30-carat diamond found at the end of July.
- Emma O'Neal explains brown diamonds form through plastic deformation, creating defects and inclusions that reflect red and green light; Crater of Diamonds State Park has yielded more than 75,000 diamonds since 1906.
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Oklahoma woman finds nearly 3-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park
An Oklahoma family’s weekend getaway turned into a sparkling surprise after a woman unearthed a nearly 3-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park. Raynae Madison of Cookson, Okla., was visiting the park with relatives Sept. 13 to celebrate her nephew’s birthday when she spotted the unusual stone while sifting dirt in the park’s 37.5-acre diamond search area. “At first I thought it looked really neat, but I wasn’t sure what it was,” Madison…
Oklahoma family finds nearly three-carat brown diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park
MURFREESBORO, Ark. – Officials at Crater of Diamonds State Park announced that a family from Cookson, Oklahoma, discovered a nearly three-carat brown diamond during their visit. Raynae Madison and her family were in Arkansas for the weekend to celebrate her nephew’s birthday when they decided to try their luck searching for diamonds on the north side of the park’s 37.5-acre diamond search area near the Prospector Trailhead. On Sept. 13, after di…
Cookson, Okla. family finds large brown diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
MURFREESBORO -- A family from Cookson, Okla., visited Crater of Diamonds State Park and unearthed a brown diamond weighing nearly three carats on Sept. 13, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks.
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