Credit: Renani Jewels / Guinness World Records
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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 stunning design on December 21, 2020.
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The ring, called Marigold, or "The Ring of Prosperity," has a circular band in the design of a flower, set with thousands of 38.08-carat natural diamonds, according to Guinness.
It weighs a little over 165 grams or 5.8 ounces.
The ring weighs a little over 165 grams or 5.8 ounces.
Credit: Renani Jewels / Guinness World Records
The previous record - 7,801 in a ring - was also set in India by Hyderabad-based Hallmark Jewelers.
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Bansal told Guinness that he was first inspired to break the diamond 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.
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