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(CNN) - A woman from Texas was sitting in the shade, watching a YouTube video on how to find diamonds. And then one was found right where it was.
Miranda Hollingshead, 27, was visiting Crater Diamond State Park in Arkansas on a family outing.
They had been in the park for about an hour, when he decided to take a break at the base of a hill. He turned on the YouTube video and started watching.
Hollingshead's diamond is the size of a pencil eraser.
The park allows its visitors to look for diamonds in a designated area.
For a second, he turned to see his son before returning to the video. That's when he saw it: a yellow diamond, sticking out among the other rocks.
"I ran my hand to make sure what it was, I picked it up and shouted to my mother: 'I think I got one!'" He told park officials.
And he was right.
The 3.72 carat gem is the largest recorded in the park since March 2017, when a teenager found a 7.44 carat brown diamond, according to the park. However, it is the largest yellow diamond found since October 2013, when an Oklahoma City visitor found one weighing 3.85 carats.
Just last month, a Nebraska teacher found a diamond in the same park, 2.12 carats.
READ: A teacher on vacation finds a 2.12 carat diamond in an Arkansas park
Hollingshead's diamond is about the size of a pencil eraser, according to a statement from the park's guide, Waymon Cox.
Cox said the rain may have played a role in the Hollingshead find.
“Much of the land where Mrs. Hollingshead found her diamond is made of unrooted volcanic rock. When it rains, runoff often leaves loose gravel, and sometimes diamonds, on the surface of these areas, ”he said.
So, plan a trip to the park after a thunderstorm? Annotated
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