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A PENNSYLVANIA MOTHER FINDS A GLIMMER OF HOPE WHILE SHE GRIEVES THE DEATHS OF HER SON AND FATHER. SHE FOUND A THREE CARAT DIAMOND IN THE GROUND DURING A VISIT TO A STATE PARK IN ARKANSAS, AND SMITH HAS IN THE FITTINGLY NAMED CRATER OF DIAMONDS STATE PARK IN MURFREESBORO LATE LAST MONTH WITH HER BROTHER. THEY PLANNED THE TRIP MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. BUT THEN SHE LOST HER SON IN OCTOBER AND THEN HER FATHER IN APRIL. SHE TOOK THE TRIP ANYWAY, HOPING TO GET A CHANGE OF SCENERY. SHE WAS DIGGING ON THE SOUTH STAFF LATER CONFIRMED THAT HER GEM WAS 3.09 CARAT WHITE DIAMOND, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CORN KERNEL. C1 HER TWO GRANDCHILDREN. LIBERTY IS C1 YEAR.
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A woman mourning her son and her father discovered a 3.09-carat white diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park last month, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks.Keshia Smith lives in Pennsylvania, but had been planning to visit the park for a year. After the deaths of her son and her father, the trip became a way to look for comfort in the world.Smith’s boyfriend and brother went with her on a road trip to the park in Murfreesboro, which is in southwest Arkansas. They enjoyed digging on the first day, but on day two, Smith found something shiny in her shovel.She was skeptical at first that she had actually fulfilled her dream of finding a diamond. But people urged her to get it checked out by park staff.“Realizing she might have found her own diamond, Smith was overcome with joy and started crying, laughing, and hugging everyone around her,” the news release stated.Smith’s gem resembles a heart.“I really needed this. I really prayed for this, and I just can’t believe it actually happened!” she told park staff, according to the release.She named the diamond the Za’Novia Liberty Diamond. Za’Novia stands for the names of her two grandchildren. Liberty is a nod towards the country’s 250th anniversary this year.This is the second-largest diamond found at the park in 2026 so far.
A woman mourning her son and her father discovered a 3.09-carat white diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park last month, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks.
Keshia Smith lives in Pennsylvania, but had been planning to visit the park for a year. After the deaths of her son and her father, the trip became a way to look for comfort in the world.
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Smith’s boyfriend and brother went with her on a road trip to the park in Murfreesboro, which is in southwest Arkansas.
They enjoyed digging on the first day, but on day two, Smith found something shiny in her shovel.
She was skeptical at first that she had actually fulfilled her dream of finding a diamond. But people urged her to get it checked out by park staff.
“Realizing she might have found her own diamond, Smith was overcome with joy and started crying, laughing, and hugging everyone around her,” the news release stated.
Smith’s gem resembles a heart.
“I really needed this. I really prayed for this, and I just can’t believe it actually happened!” she told park staff, according to the release.
She named the diamond the Za’Novia Liberty Diamond. Za’Novia stands for the names of her two grandchildren. Liberty is a nod towards the country’s 250th anniversary this year.
This is the second-largest diamond found at the park in 2026 so far.
