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With a Shovel and a Dream, Woman Finds 2.3 Carat Diamond in Arkansas

After three weeks, with bug bites and tattered hiking boots, Micherre Fox found the stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

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Micherre Fox, who lives in Manhattan, holds a 2.3-carat uncut white diamond she dug up at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park after three weeks of searching.
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