Oklahoma Teenage Girl Finds A 3.85-Caret Diamond In Arkansas Park, Sells The Treasure For $20K

An Oklahoma teenager has sold a 3.85-carat diamond she found at an Arkansas park for $20,000, UK MailOnline reported.

The sale of the yellow diamond will be used to pay for college, she told television station KWTV.

Tana Clymer was hunting for precious gems with her family at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Ark., when she came across the diamond last October, the Gazette reported.

The diamond-producing park, open to the public, is the only one in the U.S. which allows its visitors to keep whatever treasure they happen to find.

The diamond, about the size of a jellybean, was pointed to Tana through the hand of God, she told KWTV.

"I thought it was a piece of paper or foil from a candy wrapper," Tana said. "Then, when I touched it, I thought it was a marble. I think God pointed me to it."

Tana continued, "I was about to sprint to join my family, and God told me to slow down and look. Then, I found the diamond!"

According to UK MailOnline, the canary is teardrop-shaped. It has been named the "God's Jewel" by the teenager, park officials said.

A 2.89-carat white diamond was found by a Louisiana man at the same park last month.

On March 6, Brandon Kalenda of Maurepas discovered the gem and named the diamond "Jax Diamond," after his infant son Jackson.

However, unlike Tana, he plans to keep the diamond, UK MailOnline reported.

With more than 75,000 diamonds being unearthed at the Crater of Diamonds State Park since 1906, Tana's discovery is the 396th diamond to be found so far in the park.

Amethyst, garnet, peridot, jasper, agate, calcite, barite, and quartz are some of the other gems to have been found by lucky searchers at the state park, UK MailOnline reported.

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