7-Year-Old Girl Finds 2.95-Carat Sparkling Diamond in the Dirt at Arkansas State Park on Her Birthday

Courtesy of Arkansas Dept. of Parks, Heritage and Tourism

Aspen Brown spent her birthday atop the eroded surface of an ancient diamond-bearing volcano.

Turning 7, the birthday girl from Paragould, Arkansas, visited a state park in Murfreesboro with her dad and grandma on Sept. 1 and came home with a 2.95-carat diamond that she found there herself.