Woman unearths whopping 3.69 carat white diamond at famed Arkansas state park and dubs it the 'Hallelujah Diamond' cause she prayed to find it the night before

  • Susie Clark, of Evening Shade, Arkansas, found the diamond on Thursday at Crater of Diamonds State Park
  • The 3.69-carat gem is teardrop-shaped about the size of a pinto bean
  • Park interpreter said it's the largest of the 122 diamonds found this year 

An Arkansas woman became a little richer this week after finding a large diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Susie Clark, of Evening Shade, found the 3.69-carat white diamond in a 37.5-acre search field on Thursday, her last day of a trip to the park with her husband.  

Clark, who first visited the park 33 years ago with her mother and grandmother, prayed to God, asking, 'Are you doing to bless me and let me find a diamond today?' as she searched the field. 

Susie Clark, of Evening Shade, Arkansas, found a 3.69-carat white diamond on a search field at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas

Susie Clark, of Evening Shade, Arkansas, found a 3.69-carat white diamond on a search field at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas

Clark named the pinto-bean-sized, teardrop-shaped gem a 'hallelujah diamond' because she spotted the gem shortly after praying that she would find something 

Clark named the pinto-bean-sized, teardrop-shaped gem a 'hallelujah diamond' because she spotted the gem shortly after praying that she would find something 

And shortly after praying, Clark said she spotted the diamond sticking out of a ridge of plowed dirt, according to Region 8

She named the teardrop-shaped diamond the Hallelujah Diamond, claiming that her prayer helped her find the gem. 

Clark plans to keep the pinto-sized diamond, which is the largest diamond of the 122 found in the park this year. 

Crater of Diamonds State Park holds the only diamond-bearing site accessible to the public, in the form of a large plowed search field. 

'The gem is frosted white with a pearlescent metallic shine,' park interpreter Waymon Cox told Region 8. 'It's the largest one found since April 16, 2014.'

The search field had just been plowed earlier in the week because the park had seen a lot of rain, Cox said.   

'This regular endeavor loosens the diamond-bearing soil which, along with rain erosion, brings more diamonds to the surface and helps park visitors' chances of finding them,' he said.

Cox added: 'With all the rain we've been seeing, along with this week's plowing, there's a good chance more diamonds will be found on the surface in the days to come.'  

Crater of Diamonds State Park has the only diamond-bearing site accessible to the public in the U.S. Clark's diamond was the largest of the 122 found this year on the 37.5-acre search field

Crater of Diamonds State Park has the only diamond-bearing site accessible to the public in the U.S. Clark's diamond was the largest of the 122 found this year on the 37.5-acre search field

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