{"id":2356,"date":"2018-01-28T08:53:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T08:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2018-01-28T08:53:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T08:53:02","slug":"worlds-largest-gold-ring-goes-on-display-at-the-sahara-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/worlds-largest-gold-ring-goes-on-display-at-the-sahara-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Largest Gold Ring Goes On Display At The Sahara Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sahara Centre, Sharjah\u2019s leading retail, entertainment and leisure destination, is proud to be displaying the world\u2019s largest gold ring, Najmat Taiba (Star of Taiba), for the pleasure of its discerning visitors. Customers at the mall will enjoy an exclusive opportunity to view the USD 3 million masterpiece as it becomes Sharjah\u2019s star attraction this month.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-carat Najmat Taiba, which has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records and endorsed by the World Gold Council, weighs almost 64 kilograms (141 pounds) and is studded with 5.1 kilograms (11 pounds) of precious stones and diamonds, as well as 615 Swarovski crystals. 55 jewel smiths worked for 10 hours a day for 45 days to craft the ring, which is owned by Dubai-based company Taiba and has been put on display by Rossella Jewellery.<\/p>\n<p>The Najmat Taiba cost its owner only $547,000 to make back in 2000, when gold was priced at about $250 an ounce. Gold prices has since soared and are now trading high at about $1,497.50 on today\u2019s market, giving the ring an immense value estimated at USD 3 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-748 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg.jpg 3000w, http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.sharjahcityguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/scg-624x416.jpg 624w\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saharacentre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.saharacentre.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sahara Centre, Sharjah\u2019s leading retail, entertainment and leisure destination, is proud to be displaying the world\u2019s largest gold ring, Najmat Taiba (Star of Taiba), for the pleasure of its discerning visitors. Customers at the mall will enjoy an exclusive opportunity to view the USD 3 million masterpiece as it becomes Sharjah\u2019s star attraction this month. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2358,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356\/revisions\/2358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}