Largest Cut Diamond

WHO:
Ran Gorenstein
WHAT:
555.55 carats
WHERE:
Belgium
WHEN:
June 2004
The world's largest cut diamond is an unnamed Fancy Black, containing small red diamond crystals. It weighs 555.55 carats and was polished into 55 facets over several years and completed in June 2004. The repetitive use of the number five is culturally significant in the Islamic world, and was inspired by Ran Gorenstein (Belgium), who also commissioned this creation.