A family visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas found a nearly 3-carat brown diamond on the park's north side, park officials said in a statement.

Raynae Madison and her family traveled from Oklahoma to Arkansas for her nephew's birthday and decided to visit the park, buying shovels and screens to hunt for stones. The family set up their tools near Prospector Trailhead, and after digging a few buckets in the park's 37.5-acre diamond search area, Madison noticed an unusual stone.

"At first I thought it looked really neat, but I wasn't sure what it was," Madison said in the statement. "I honestly thought it was too big to be a diamond."

Oklahoma family finds a nearly 3-carat brown diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park Crater of Diamonds State Park

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