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Carat- Learn About Diamonds

Diamond Carats Explained - Learn About Diamonds and Diamond Weight with Busy Bee Jewelry Massapequa Long Islands Diamond Guide.

Key Points

Learn how to judge what size diamond is best for you.

The way that a Carat is measured if determined by the diamond's weight. Be careful that measuring a diamond by it self may cause the diamond's size to be inaccurate.
A Diamond is evaluate from the top view. This is the traditional way since that is how diamonds are presented when set into a ring.
To better understand a diamond, the carat weight is taken into consideration along with :
- Distance in millimeters across the top of the diamond.
- Diamond's cut grade.

A carat weight signifies the a diamond's weight. Have in mind that a Carat;s weight by itself doesn't accurately reflect a diamond's real size. In order to have an accurate measurement of a diamond's size, Busy Bee Jewelers recommends exploring two other characteristics:

The distance across the top of the diamond measured in millimeters
The diamond's cut grade.

The price of the diamond will depend on the measurement of the distance across the top of the diamond. This is where the a stone is set into a ring.

A diamond's cut grade is among other important values that should be taken into consideration because as Busy Bee Jewelers notes on the cut grade chart, when a diamond is proportionally cut, the maximum amount of sparkle is returned out of the top of the diamond.

Therefore, a well cut diamond will reflected light form the top to make it appear larger. In addition, when a diamond is cut poorly, its weight is at the bottom and gives an impression that it may be "hidden" in the base of the diamond. This will make any diamond appear smaller than its carat weight.

There are diamond that have a low carat weight and a higher cut grade. In this case, the diamond will appear larger than a diamond with a larger carat weight, but will have a poor cut.

50 points is equal to 1/2-carat, and so on.

This chart illustrates how diamonds of different carat weights look when set in a ring.

1/4

1/3

1/2

3/4

1

1 1/2

2

3

4

5

What Carat Weight Is Right For Me? Busy Bee Jewelry Long Island

Busy Bee Recommend to choose note the size of the finger before choosing a diamond. This way you will be bale to choose the best carat weight of diamond with in your budget.

If a large carat weight is important to you, yet you're working within a strict budget, consider a diamond with a good cut, SI1-SI2 clarity, and an I or J color grade.
Diamond prices jump at the full- and half-carat weights. Diamonds just below these weights cost significantly less, and, because carat weight is distributed across the entirety of the diamond, small size differences are almost impossible to detect.
Keep in mind that the smaller the finger, the larger the diamond will appear. A 1.5-carat diamond solitaire looks much larger on a size 4 finger than a size 8.
Not all settings will fit all diamond carats or shapes. If you have already selected a setting, check the diamond specifications of your ring or ask One of our Busy Bee Jewelry Consultant ((516) 882-0900) for help. If you need a special jewelry piece created, can accommodate almost any request.