Wedding Jewelry: Understanding Diamond Weights

In order to be sure that we make a wise purchase when we buy our wedding jewelry it is necessary that we understand diamond weights. Without understanding this most basic element of the precious stone markets like diamond weights the likelihood that we will overpay is much greater. Conversely, by understanding this single issue we will be more equipped to know what we are looking at and how to ask the right questions.

Most all of us know that diamonds are measured in carat weight (also sometimes spelled karat and will be used interchangeably in this article). What most of us don't know is what that means. What is a karat? How does a carat relate to a measurement that most of us can relate to?
Put simply, one karat weighs 200 milligrams.

It is the tradition of the market that prevents us from weighing diamonds in terms of milligrams. No doubt if diamonds were initially discovered in the last twenty years we would, but diamonds have been with us for a long time so we use the term carats (karats).

Carats

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