JUST IN TIME FOR THE 2010 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, SA JEWELERS HAS RECENTLY UNVEILED A UNIQUE $2.5 MILLION SOCCER BALL. WEIGHING IN AT AROUND 2.2 KILOGRAMS, THE SHIMANSKY SOCCER BALL IS MADE FROM 6,620 WHITE AND 2,640 BLACK BRILLIANT CUT SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMONDS, GIVING A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 3,500 CARATS. 'IT TOOK ABOUT THREE MONTHS FROM CONCEPTION OF DESIGN TO MANUFACTURE OF THE FIRST CRYSTAL SOCCER BALL', SAYS MICHELE MEYER. MARKETING MANAGER FOR SHIMANSKY. SHE ADDED: 'THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE. IT IS TOTALLY YAIR SHIMANSKY'S IDEA TO GET ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WORLD CUP AND DO SOMETHING FROM A JEWELER'S PERSPECTIVE TO COMMEMORATE THE EVENT IN SA. IF YOU SEE THE REPLICA IT IS QUITE MESMERIZING, YOU CAN STAND AND WATCH IT FOREVER.' SHIMANSKY IS CURRENTLY IN TALKS WITH A EUROPEAN SOCCER CLUB ABOUT SELLING THE BEJEWELED SOCCER BALL TO THEM AS A 2010 COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY PIECE FOR THEIR CLUB. APART FROM THEIR STUNNING CREATION, SHIMANSKY IS ALSO OFFERING EXACT REPLICAS MADE IN CRYSTAL ALONG WITH A UNISEX WORLD CUP DOME RING OF 9.3 CARATS OF DIAMONDS AND A PAIR OF SILVER SOCCER BOOT CUFF-LINKS.
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