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Carat
Carat is not a size but the standard unit of measurement of a gemstone. It is equivalent to 1/5 of a gram and it is rounded off the nearest hundreath. A carat is divided to 100 points. A 50-point diamond weighs .50 carats.
Carat is not a size but the standard unit of measurement of a gemstone. It is equivalent to 1/5 of a gram and it is rounded off the nearest hundreath. A carat is divided to 100 points. A 50-point diamond weighs .50 carats.