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Okla. teen finds 3.85-carat gem at Arkansas park

Tana Clymer, 14, of Oklahoma City, with a 3.85-carat canary diamond she discovered Saturday Oct. 19, at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park.

MURFREESBORO, Ark. — A 14-year-old girl from Oklahoma City has unearthed a 3.85-carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Tana Clymer discovered the canary gem Saturday at the park, which is the only diamond-producing site in the United States that is open to the public. Tana said she'd been digging in the dirt for about two hours when she discovered the gem on the surface of the search field.

Okla. teen finds 3.85-carat gem at Arkansas parkAP Photo: Crater of Diamonds State Park

A 3.85-carat canary diamond discovered at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Ark.

The yellow diamond is teardrop-shaped and about the size of a jellybean.

"This canary diamond is very similar to the gem-quality, 4.21-carat canary diamond found at the Crater of Diamonds by Oklahoma State Trooper Marvin Culver of Nowata, Okla., on March 12, 2006, a gem he named the Okie Dokie Diamond," said Bill Henderson, assistant park superintendent.

Tana named the diamond "God's Jewel," park officials said.

"Tana told me that she was so excited, she couldn't sleep last night," Henderson said Sunday. "She's either going to keep the diamond for a ring, or, if it's worth a lot, she'll want that for college."