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A diamond''s buy gifts online weight is the simplest characteristic to measure, and from the earliest times has been used to appraise the value of a diamond. the carat is a unit of weight, which derives from the carob seed. the pods of a carob, or locust tree, contain tiny seeds, gifts which are remarkably consistent in weight. these seeds were used by early gem traders to weigh their diamonds. a 1-carat diamond used to equal the weight of a carob seed; but in today''s terms the carat is a standard metric weight of 0.2 grams or 1/142 of a standard ounce. each carat is divided into 100 points. so, for example, a quarter online of a carat is 25 points, written as 0.25; a half a carat is 50 points written as 0.50; and so on. it is easy to weigh an un-mounted diamond, but once it is in a setting, buy gifts online it is only possible to estimate its weight gifts by using special online gauges and formulas. remember, carat-weight has no bearing on buy gifts online a diamond''s gifts cut, color or clarity.

unless money is no object, online you''ll have to sacrifice either a little color, or a little clarity. buy we always recommend that you sacrifice a little clarity and keep the color as high as you can afford. why? a stone can have many small flaws in it, and even the most gifts highly trained eye cannot see them. however, if a stone is low on the color scale, even the most untrained eye will easily pick it up (yellow color in a stone, for the most part, is something you want to stay away from). first, choose a jeweler who does his or her own repairs on the premises. they can be the most honest jewelers in the world, but once they send your jewelry out for repairs, anything can happen!

the "4 c''s" stand for clarity, color, cut and carat weight. "clarity" is the absence (or presence) online of flaws (or inclusions) in the diamond. the fewer the flaws of a diamond, the higher the cost. "color" is the buy absence (or presence) of a yellow body color in the stone. the closer the diamond is to colorless, the higher the cost. "cut" does not refer to the shape of the diamond (as many gifts people think) as much as it does to the proportions of the diamond. in other words, how well was it cut? a well online "made" stone can add as much as 15% to the cost of the stone (and also adds a noticeable difference in the amount of "fire" that a stone produces). "carat weight" simply refers to the weight of the stone. 100 points equals 1 carat. therefore, 75 points equals 3/4 carat, 50 points equals 1/2 carat, 33 points equals 1/3 carat, and 25 points equals how much??? that''s right, 1/4 carat.

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