{"id":1730,"date":"2018-12-01T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2018-12-01T11:48:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T16:48:59","slug":"diamond-carat-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/diamond-carat-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"DIAMOND CARAT WEIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Diamond<\/div>\n

Carat weight (one of the 4C’s<\/strong>) is simply the weight of a diamond, be it one carat or a half carat. It’s all about how much the diamond Weighs.<\/p>\n

\nBack in the days, diamonds were weighed by seeds from a carob tree (where the word carat comes from<\/strong>). These seeds were roughly the weight of one point (1 pt) to a diamond. Since there are 100 points in a full carat diamond, there would be 100 carob seeds to balance it on a scale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nBut, as we all know, things grown in nature are never quite perfect <\/strong>(just like diamonds, just like people). Weighing diamonds with seeds was never an exact science<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Diamond Scale:<\/h2>\n

\nThings were never exact until the diamond scale<\/a> was invented in the early twentieth century. Now, getting the exact carat weight of a diamond is easy and only takes a couple of seconds.<\/p>\n

\nBut, no matter how easy it is to find the carat weight, people still have a hard time understanding it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\nDecimals, fractions, points, carats, math<\/strong>… can’t they make it anymore difficult?<\/p>\n

It all boils down to money.<\/h2>\n

\nCarat weights and points are not that hard to comprehend when you know the little secret. Treat carats and points like dollars and pennies<\/strong>. Really! If you can count money, you already know carat weights.<\/p>\n