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Carat weight is the easiest of the 4 C's to determine But two diamonds of equal weight can have very unequal value, depending on their cut, color and clarity. One carat is divided into 100 'points', so that a diamond of 75 points weighs 0.75 carats..

A carat is 0.2 grams and there are 100 points (or 200 milligrams) per carat. With an accuracy of 1/100,000 ct, the Gemological. Scales provide a highly precise diamond weight and this weight is specified on the Diamond Report to two decimal points.*

 

size carat Øm/ m h m/ m
3.00 9.4 5.6
2.50 8.8 5.3
2.00 8.2 4.9
1.75 7.8 4.7
1.50 7.4 4.5
1.25 6.9 4.3
1.00 6.5 3.9
.90 6.3 3.8
.70 5.8 3.5
.50 5.2 3.1
.40 4.8 3.0
.30 4.5 2.7
.25 4.1 2.5
.20 3.8 2.3
.10 3.0 1.8
.05 2.5 1.5
* content courtesy of igiworldwide.com