How many diamonds can fit in a single ring?
The answer, according to the new Guinness World Records book, is 12,638.
Harshit Bansal, founder of Renani Jewels in Meerut, India, set the record with his impressive design on December 21, 2020.
The ring weighs just over 165 grams or 5.8 ounces. Credit: Renani Jewels / Guinness World Records
The ring, called Calendula, or “The Ring of Prosperity”, has a circular band with an ornate floral design, complete with thousands of 38.08 carat natural diamonds, according to Guinness. The ring weighs just over 165 grams or 5.8 ounces.
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The previous record – 7,801 diamonds in a ring – was also set in India by Hyderabad jeweler Hallmark Jewelers.
Bansal told Guinness that he was the first to break the diamond-set record in 2018, while studying jewelry design in Surat, India. Two years later, his company completed the design of the ring on November 30, 2020.