Q: What is a Carat?

   
 

A. Diamonds are weighed using metric carats. A carat weighs about the same as a small paper clip. Just as a dollar is divided into 100 pennies, a carat is divided into 100 “points.” This means that a diamond of 50 points weighs 0.50 carats. But two diamonds of equal weight can have very different values depending on their clarity, color and cut.
 

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0.25 ct
4.1 mm

0.50 ct
5.2 mm

0.75 ct
5.9 mm

1.00 ct
6.5 mm

1.50 ct
7.4 mm
 

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2.00 ct
8.2 mm

2.50 ct
9.0 mm

3.00 ct
9.3 mm

4.00 ct
10.2 mm

5.00 ct
11.0 mm