| There is a common misconception that the term | | | | may have less brilliance and can look cloudy. |
| carat indicates the size of the diamond. Actually | | | | Much as the diamond's carat weight is important, |
| this term refers to the weight of the diamond. | | | | it should not sacrifice too much of its other |
| One carat is roughly about 200 milligrams, which is | | | | qualities. From both a personal and investment |
| less than a quarter of an ounce. A carat can also | | | | standpoint, i feel that a beautiful one-carat |
| be broken up into 100 points. This means that | | | | diamond with outstanding brilliance and scintillation |
| three quarter of a carat is equivalent to 75 points. | | | | is going to be the better choice compared to a |
| The heavier the diamond (in carat weight), the | | | | one-carat diamond that looks like a two-carat |
| rarer it becomes and the increase in price is | | | | stone. You may be tempted to purchase a stone |
| exponential with the diamond's weight. Hence two | | | | that has a flatter cut so that you can have the |
| half-carat diamonds will cost much lesser than a | | | | appearance of a larger or heavier stone, but this i |
| one-carat diamond, assuming that other attributes, | | | | feel might not be a wise choice. |
| such as color and clarity, are equal. | | | | A smaller diamond can always be enhanced with |
| The size of the diamond can also be impacted by | | | | baguettes, trillians or smaller same-shape stones |
| its cutting. Depending on how the cut is done, two | | | | on either side. As mentioned earlier, two smaller |
| one-carat diamonds can look unequal in size. While | | | | stones won't cost as much as an equally-weighted |
| a flatter stone will appear bigger, a deeper cut | | | | single stone. With this knowledge, you can |
| stone will look smaller. A deeper cut stone usually | | | | therefore increase the importance of the ring |
| has more brilliance and scintillation. So even though | | | | you're buying without doubling your cost. |
| a flatter cut stone will appear larger or heavier, it | | | | |