Diamonds Setting World Records
The Mouawad Group has set a Guinness World Record for the most valuable necklace, Guinness confirmed to National Jeweler on Friday (March 2013).
Mouawad's L'Incomparable diamond necklace is 18-karat gold with 637 carats of diamonds and is valued at $55 million, making it the most valuable--not expensive, Guinness said--necklace existing today.
THe piece features the 407.48 carat natural fancy-deep yellow "Incomparable" diamond, first made public in 1984. It is the largest flawless or internally flawless diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America, GIA Director of Public Relations Stephen Morisseau said.
In addition the necklace has 35 round diamonds, 27 pear-shaped diamonds, nine heart-shaped diamonds, five emerald-cut diamonds, five cushion-cut diamonds, four oval-shaped diamonds, three Asscher-cut diamonds and two radiants.
The necklace set the Guinness World record on January 19. The necklace was unveiled atthe Doha Jewellery and Watch Exhibition, which too place February 25 to March 3 in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar.
-via The National Jeweler
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