{"id":13796,"date":"2016-02-11T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=13796"},"modified":"2016-02-10T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T16:20:00","slug":"carat-weight-is-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/carat-weight-is-money\/","title":{"rendered":"CARAT WEIGHT IS MONEY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Carat-Weight-Equals-Money.gif\" alt=\"Carat Weight Equals Money\" title=\"Carat Weight Equals Money\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13798\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Carat weight is often <strong>Bewildering <\/strong>to some people. <\/p>\n<p>\nThere\u2019s so many <strong>Points and Carats and Percentages<\/strong> to learn&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nBut, it doesn\u2019t need <strong>to be Difficult<\/strong>&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><h2>As long as you know the Trick!<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe Trick is, to think about <strong>Carat Weight as Money<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nFor there\u2019s <strong>100 Points<\/strong> in a <strong>1.00 Carat Diamond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nWell, think of that like a <strong>Dollar Bill<\/strong> ($1.00) <\/p>\n<p>\nA Dollar Bill is made up of <strong>100 Pennies<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><h2>Think of those as Points.<\/h2>\n<p>\nAnd that\u2019s <strong>the gist of Carat Weight<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>1.00 Carat is 100 Points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Weight = Money!<\/h2>\n<p>\nJust like this next image shows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Easy-Way-To-Understand-Diamond-Carat-Weight.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Way To Understand Diamond Carat Weight\" title=\"Easy Way To Understand Diamond Carat Weight\" width=\"640\" height=\"1170\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Easy-Way-To-Understand-Diamond-Carat-Weight.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Easy-Way-To-Understand-Diamond-Carat-Weight-164x300.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Easy-Way-To-Understand-Diamond-Carat-Weight-560x1024.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h2>It\u2019s as Simple as that!<\/h2>\n<p>\nSo 47 Points, would be .47 Carat (just 3 Pts. Shy of a <strong>Half Carat<\/strong>). <\/p>\n<p>\n80 Points, would be .80 Carat, and that\u2019s <strong>5 Points bigger<\/strong> than a 3\/4 Carat Diamond (.75). <\/p>\n<p>\n20 Points, is .20 Carat, or <strong>1\/5 of a Carat<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><h2>It\u2019s like Two Dimes!<\/h2>\n<p>\nIf only everything was this easy! <strong>Money makes Sense<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nNow see how these Carats face up on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/solitaire\/\">Solitaire Ring<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Carat-Weights-On-Solitaire-Mountings.jpg\" alt=\"Carat Weights On Solitaire Mountings\" title=\"Carat Weights On Solitaire Mountings\" width=\"589\" height=\"570\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Carat-Weights-On-Solitaire-Mountings.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Carat-Weights-On-Solitaire-Mountings-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h2>HOW BIG WILL IT LOOK ON HER FINGER?<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis is what everyone wants to know. <\/p>\n<p>\nTo answer this, you really need to know <strong>How Wide her Finger is<\/strong> first, and then <strong>How Wide the Diamond is<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nA Size 6 Ring\u00a0(<strong>Default Size<\/strong>) has a mm Width of 16.45 across. So you\u2019d have to Buy her a <strong>16 carat Diamond <\/strong>to actually fill that\u00a0entire width of her finger&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>HA! And that\u2019s not going to happen!<\/h2>\n<p>\nSo maybe this image will help you decide <strong>which Carat Weight is Best for you<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-Big-Will-The-Diamond-Look-On-Her-Finger.jpg\" alt=\"How Big Will The Diamond Look On Her Finger\" title=\"How Big Will The Diamond Look On Her Finger\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-Big-Will-The-Diamond-Look-On-Her-Finger.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/How-Big-Will-The-Diamond-Look-On-Her-Finger-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Now doesn&#8217;t that make Carat Weight easier?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>I thought so! :)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?CaratFrom=1.00&#038;CaratTo=15.00&#038;Color=F,E,D&#038;Clarity=VS2,VS1,VVS2,VVS1,IF&#038;Cut=Ideal,Excellent,TrueHearts&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;Sort=Price,%20DefaultOrder&#038;ViewsOptions=Images&#038;advancedParameter=Sort&#038;showAdvanced=show&#038;Polish=EX,ID&#038;Symmetry=EX,ID&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None,Negligible&#038;DepthFrom=45.0&#038;DepthTo=80.0&#038;TableFrom=50.0&#038;TableTo=83.0\">Get all your big rocks from James Allen HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Carat weight is often Bewildering to some people. There\u2019s so many Points and Carats and Percentages to learn&#8230; But, it doesn\u2019t need to be Difficult&#8230; As long as you know the Trick! The Trick is, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/carat-weight-is-money\/\" title=\"CARAT WEIGHT IS MONEY!\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carat-weight","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}