| Diamonds are measured in Carat Weight. One | | | | carat as we know it to be now. The majority of |
| carat weighs 200 milligrams. If a diamond is | | | | diamond purchases are for diamonds that are 1/3 |
| referred to as four grains, this also means that it | | | | of a carat. |
| is a one carat diamond. | | | | Beware when shopping for diamonds that are |
| The word Carat comes from the word carob. A | | | | already set or mounted. If more than one |
| carob is a bean that grows on a tree in the | | | | diamond is used in the piece, the tag on the |
| Mediterranean. In times past, if a diamond | | | | jewelry will give the CTW or Carat Total Weight - |
| weighed the same as a carob bean, it was one | | | | it does not tell you the carat weight of each |
| carob, or one carat. | | | | stone in the piece. You need to ask the jeweler |
| However, in the far east, where Carob trees do | | | | for the total carat weight of the largest diamond |
| not grow, rice was used to measure the weight | | | | in the piece to truly understand what you are |
| of a diamond. If a diamond weighed as much as | | | | buying. |
| four grains of rice, it was four grains - or one | | | | |