Lots of people get confused with Carat Weights. And for good reason! With all the
Carats, and Points, and Percentages, and Fractions being thrown around, you'd think
you'd have to be a mathematician to understand it all.
But I assure you, it's not really that bad. In fact, it's actually quite easy if you apply some sense!
And of course, when I'm talking about "sense", I'm not talking about sense, I'm actually talking about "cents"! Big difference!
Think about Money
If you think about Diamonds as money, (As most of us do) you'll find that Carat Weights are easy to understand. Think about a One Carat Diamond as a Dollar Bill. There are 100 Pennies to that Dollar Bill, we all know that. Likewise there are 100 Points to a One Carat Diamond.
So then, a Half Carat Diamond, (1/2 ct) is .50 Points! See how easy that is?
A 1/4 Carat Diamond is .25 Points. A 3/4 Carat Diamond is .75 Points. Are you getting my drift? It really is that simple. Just compare it to Dollars and Cents!How did the Carat Weight start?
Diamond Carat Weights all started with a Carob Seed. (Which is where the word Carat comes from!) Carob Seeds are seeds that are directly taken from a Carob Tree. These seeds were used to weight Diamonds with at one time. One Seed was the equivalent to the weight of a One Carat Diamond. It made weighing Diamonds easy! But Carob Seeds were NOT consistent in weight. So with them not always being an exact measurement for Diamonds, the Diamond scale was born!
The word Carat is often abbreviated in Magazines, Catalogs and Advertisements as CT. (Not to be confused with KT or Karat, which is a measurement of Gold, as in 14kt Gold!) CT means Carat, and CTW means Carat Total Weight, which is also a very confusing term that most customers don't understand. Read more about Carat Total Weights in my blog: CT or CTW?
So what is the Best selling Carat Weight? Read on...
