The Gold Souk

THE GOLD SOUK

The Gold souk, the biggest Jewelry shopping district in the world consists of over 300 retailers that trade almost exclusively in jewelry and account to 21% of UAE's non-oil trade economy. It is also famous for holding many records. Recently, they broke another record with the Longest Gold Chain on January 5th 2015. The chain weighs 256 kilograms (8,230.6 ounces) and is valued at almost $6 million dollars. The city of gold created a new world record with 5.522 km hand made gold chain.The chain has more than four million links and it took 100 craftsmen 45 days to fabricate it. Another record claimed by the souk is The Najmat Taiba (Star of Taiba) is the world's largest ring weighs 64 kilograms (2,257 ounces) studded with 5.1 kilograms (11 ounces) of precious stones. It also has 615 pieces of Swarovski stones. To make this ring 55 workers worked for 10 hours a day.

Reference:
1)http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/biggest/longest_gold_chain_Dubai_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_215208.html
2)http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/world-s-largest-ring-is-worth-3m-2011-05-16-1.393548