* About Diamond Weights By Titus Maduwa

Diamonds are measured in Carat Weight.
One carat weighs 200 milligrams. If a
diamond is referred to as four grains, this
also means that it is a one-carat diamond.
The word Carat comes from the word carob.
Carob is a bean that grows on a tree in the
The Mediterranean. In times past, if a diamond weighed the same as a carob bean, it was one carob or one carat.

However, in the far east, where Carob trees do not grow, rice was used to measure the weight of a diamond. If a diamond weighed as much as four grains of rice, it was four grains – or one carat as we know it to be now. The majority of diamond purchases are for diamonds that are 1/3 of a carat.

Beware when shopping for diamonds that
are already set or mounted. If more than one
diamond is used in the piece, the tag on the
jewelry will give the CTW or Carat Total
Weight – it does not tell you the carat weight
of each stone in the piece. You need to ask
the jeweler for the total carat weight of the
the largest diamond in the piece to truly
understand what you are buying.

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