what is carat?

Answer 1

With gold, there are 24 carats in pure gold: 14 carat gold is 14 parts pure gold and 10 parts other metal. However in Diamonds, a carat is a measurement of weight............

Oh, and if it is a spelling mistake, a carrot is an orange pointed vegetable...........

Answer 2

24 carat is pure gold. A carat in a diamond is a weight not a size.100 points is a carat, so a 50 point diamond is half a carat, 25 points is a quarter carat and so on.... you need to have proper gem scales that weigh in carats to tell how much they are.

Answer 3

* Carat (mass) is a unit of mass for gems. It is equal to 0.2 gram. In the United States, carat almost exclusively means the unit of mass.

* Carat (purity) or karat is a unit of purity for gold. In the United States, karat almost exclusively means the unit of purity. 24k is pure gold, 18k is 18 parts gold and 6 parts other metals (usually silver or copper), and 14k is 14 parts gold to 10 parts other metals. 10k is the minimum that can be sold as gold in the U.S

Answer 4

A vegetable....jk it's a unit of mass for a gem. Like 24 carats of gold, etc.

Answer 5

A term used for Diamonds---to grade them.I take it you have never bought one as of yet?Carat---Money, same thing.....

Answer 6

Carat (mass) is a unit of mass for gems. It is equal to 0.2 gram. In the United States, carat almost exclusively means the unit of mass. it is always mentioned in the mass of a diamond stone ... the avarage mass for a stone in a ring is varied between half and one carat . if the diamond is heavier i believe it will be more expencive by wide rates

The carat is a unit of mass used for gems, and equals 200 milligrams or 3.086 grains (avoirdupois). The word derives from the Greek keration (fruit of the carob), via Arabic and Italian. Carob seeds were used as weights on precision scales because of their reputation for having a uniform weight; a 2006 study [1] by Lindsay Turnbull & others found this to not be the case - carob seeds have as much variation in their weights as other seeds.[2] In the distant past, different countries each had their own carat, roughly equivalent to a carob seed.

Eventually, it was linked to the grain in the Troy pound system of measurement. Under this system the standard was about 205 milligrams. Metric countries used this measurement nonetheless in its limited range of application. In 1907 the metric carat of 200 milligrams was adopted, and is now universally used today. A carat can also be further divided into 100 "points" of 2 milligrams each.

For diamonds, a paragon is a diamond weighing 100 carats (20 grams).

The ANSI X.12 EDI standard abbreviation for carat is 'CD'.


Carat (purity) or karat is a unit of purity for gold. In the United States, karat almost exclusively means the unit of purity. 24k is pure gold, 18k is 18 parts gold and 6 parts other metals (usually silver or copper), and 14k is 14 parts gold to 10 parts other metals. 10k is the minimum that can be sold as gold in the U.S

Carat or karat (abbreviation: ct or kt) is a measure of the purity of gold and platinum alloys. In the United States and Canada, the spelling karat is usually used for the measure of purity, while carat refers to the measure of mass (see Carat). As a measure of purity, one carat is one twenty-fourth purity by weight:

Therefore 24-carat gold is pure gold (99.99%), 12-carat gold is 50% purity, 18-carat gold is 75% purity etc.

The carat system is increasingly being complemented or superseded by the millesimal fineness system in which the purity of precious metals is denoted by parts per thousand of pure metal in the alloy.
The most common carats used for gold in bullion, jewellery making and goldsmithing are:
24 carat (millesimal fineness 999)
22 carat (millesimal fineness 916)
20 carat (millesimal fineness 833)
18 carat (millesimal fineness 750)
16 carat (millesimal fineness 625)
14 carat (millesimal fineness 585)
10 carat (millesimal fineness 417)
9 carat (millesimal fineness 375)
Derivation
The word derives from the Greek keration (fruit of the carob), via Arabic and Italian. Carob seeds were used as weights on precision scales because of their reputation for having a uniform weight; a 2006 study [1] by Lindsay Turnbull & others found this to not be the case - carob seeds have as much variation in their weights as other seeds[2]. In the distant past, different countries each had their own carat, roughly equivalent to a carob seed. In the mid-16th century, it was adopted as a measure of gold purity, roughly equivalent to the Romn siliqua (one twenty-fourth of a golden solidus of Constantine I As a measure of diamond weight, from 1575. The Gk. measure was the equivalent of the Roman siliqua, which was ¹⁄₂₄ of a golden solidus of Constantine; but was likely never used to measure the weight for gold

Answer 7

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