Carats & Buying Diamonds
Well I dont know at all about diamonds, the only thing is the beauty of the stone. Yeah every time I saw the stone in movie, it must be a great stone with the lights and angle. It also known for its strength. It can be used to make a hole in almost everything such as steel etc. Talking about diamonds, I also find a term of carats. It could be similar with gold carats or so.
I thought that this term of carat will also equal with size of a diamond, & as carat size increases, so will the carat weight. Am I right? Well according to an article carat refers to the weight, yes the weight, not size, of a diamond and is equal to roughly 200 (two hundred) mg which is less than a percentage of one ounce. A carat can also be broken up into a hundred points. You get it? yes so simple, nothing to be doubt about. Again the weight, not the size!
What about when going to purchase this kind of stone. You may be tempted to purchase a stone that’s cut flatter so that you can have the appearance of a larger, or heavier stone. It’s a greedy, right? But a diamond that’s cut too flat will have too little brilliance and can look cloudy. Carat weight is important, but there’s no point to sacrificing other qualities that make a diamond special so you can say you have a two-carat stone. A beautiful one-carat diamond, with outstanding brilliance and scintillation is going to be the better choice, from both a personal standpoint and an investment standpoint. Yes thing about those things when you are about buying a diamond. Goodluck and enjoy the beauty of the stone.