The 4 C’s of Engagement Rings: Carat
The final post in our Schwanke-Kasten series exploring the “4 C’s of Engagement Rings,” we now turn our attention to “Carat.”
The weight of a diamond is measured in the unit called carat weight. As the weight of a diamond increases so does its rarity, and its price. Fewer than one in one million mined rough stones are large enough to produce a finished 1 carat diamond.
Source: Diamond Council of America
A metric “carat” is defined as 200 milligrams and every carat can be subdivided into 100 ‘points’ so a one carat diamond equals 100 points and a diamond of 75 points weights .75 carats. A diamond’s carat weight is written in decimal numbers, but it’s often expressed in fractions (a .70 – .83 is expressed as 3/4th of a carat).
Carat weight is often the most objective grade of all the 4Cs.
Read about the other “C’s” in our series:
I wonder how much of a difference you would feel on your finger between different weights