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MURFREESBORO, Ark. (WJW) – Some women insist on being given diamonds, others want to go out and look for their own.

One New York City woman did just that, recently unearthing a 2.3-carat white diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.

Micherre Fox, 31, reportedly told her husband-to-be two years ago that she didn’t want to get engaged until she unearthed her own diamond.

“I was willing to go anywhere in the world to make that happen,” Fox told Arkansas State Parks in a statement. “I researched, and it turned out that the only place in the world to do it was right in our backyard, in Arkansas.”

The recent graduate school grad took a few weeks in July to go in search of a diamond at the Arkansas park known for shiny treasures — more than 75,000 diamonds have been found there since 1906.

On her last scheduled day at the park, July 29, Fox struck gold … or, a diamond.

She told Arkansas State Parks she was walking in the diamond search area when she spotted something shining at her feet. At first, she thought it was a spiderweb with dew, but a tap of her toe did not dim the glistening stone.

Picking it up, she thought it looked like a diamond, but still didn’t believe.

Taking it to the discovery center, park officials confirmed it was a precious gem, and the third largest of the 366 diamonds found at the park in 2025.

“I got on my knees and cried, then started laughing,” Fox told Arkansas State Parks.

Fox said she named her soon-to-be-placed-in-an-engagement-ring diamond the Fox-Ballou Diamond, after her and her partner.

“After weeks of hard work, Ms. Fox found her diamond sitting right on top of the ground,” Crater of Diamonds State Park Assistant Superintendent Waymon Cox said in a statement. “[Her] story highlights the fact that, even when putting forth your best effort, being in the right place at the right time plays a part in finding diamonds.”