Carat weight, denoted as “CT” or “CW” represents the metric weight of a single diamond. As you had learned earlier, one carat simply equals to two hundred ...

Carat weight is often misunderstood to be the size of a diamond. It actually refers to the diamond's metric weight instead of how big it physically looks.

Jun 8, 2023 · Carat weight is a measure of how much a gemstone weighs and is often used as an indicator of size. The higher the carat weight, the larger the ...

To put it simply, diamond carat weight measures how much a diamond weighs. A metric “carat” is defined as 200 milligrams. Each carat is subdivided into 100 ' ...

CTTW stands for “carat total weight,” or “total carat weight.” It's a metric that's used to measure the total weight of all of the diamonds in a specific piece ...

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Posted: Jul 3, 2017

Carat is the unit of measurement for the physical weight of diamonds. One carat equals 0.200 grams or 1/5 gram and is subdivided into 100 points.

Carat is often confused with the size of a diamond even though it's actually a unit that measures its weight. Today, one carat is equal to 0.2 grams.