2006-12-28 02:39:39 · 10 answers · asked by ELISHA W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Diamonds are usually thought of in terms of carat weight due to their popularity in rings. Who wants a diamond smaller than 1 carat? Plenty of people have them and don't know. One carat=100 points, and so the smallest diamonds I've ever seen were 2 point diamond tips on a diamond saw blade (used for concrete cutting), but I'm sure there are 1 point diamonds as well. They cannot actually facet diamonds smaller than 1 point. The Cullinan Diamond, part of the British crown jewels, was the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found (1905), at 3,106.75 carats. One of the diamonds cut from it, Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, was formerly the largest gem-quality cut diamond at 530.2 carats, but now that title has been taken by the Golden Jubilee (1985), a 545.67 carat, yellow-brown diamond. The largest flawless and colorless (grade D) diamond is the Centenary Diamond which weighs 273.85 carats. The Millennium Star is the second largest (1990) at 203.04 carats.
2006-12-28 02:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Fergi the Great 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good luck finding a "carrot" diamond.
2006-12-28 10:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to this website to read up on anything you want to know about a diamond.
There is a section in this article called Carat. It tells a carat's worth and other things.
This article also covers things such as grading scales for color and quality, cuts, etc.
I think this will be helpful to you.
-Miranda
2006-12-28 12:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by miranda2586 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dun think carrot diamonds exist, coz i can't think of a trace impurity that could color a diamond orange, much less imagine a diamond that big ever forming.
2006-12-28 11:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by celestelauuuuu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oddly enough it appears you can get orange coloured diamonds, "completely natural and caused by the presence of nitrogen (in) the carbon lattice"
hmm.
all very well! but can you get carrot-shaped orange diamonds?
2006-12-28 12:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by waif 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think 8 carrots & 26 carrots
2006-12-28 10:46:47 · answer #6 · answered by dhruv_dshmkh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends whether it's a Bugs Bunny diamond or not.
2006-12-28 10:53:38 · answer #7 · answered by Peter the Great! 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
its carat, and the largest is the Cullian diamond and O.01 is the smallest saleable size
2006-12-28 10:44:24 · answer #8 · answered by cereal killer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Carat refers to weight. So your answer would be what ever is availiable on the open market.
2006-12-28 10:43:34 · answer #9 · answered by Haven17 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
24 is correct, anything higher is a turnip
2006-12-28 13:33:21 · answer #10 · answered by Speyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋