Carat

Carat is the unit of measurement for the weight of diamonds. 

1 carat (ct) = 0.200 grams

Each carat can be subdivided into 100 ‘points.’

1 carat = 100 cents or 100 cents = 1 carat

(like 1 Rupee= 100 Paise, just as the Rupee and Paise are separated by a dot (.), cents like Paise is written to the right of the dot, and carat like rupee is written to the left of the dot.

Traders use the term “pointer” in place of cents.

10 carat is written as 10.00 ct, and 10 carat and 75 cents is written as 10.75 ct.

0.10 carat is also referred to as ‘10 cents’ or ‘10 pointer’, 0.50 carats as a ‘50 pointer’ or ‘half carat’, 1.00 carats as ‘one carat’.

Generally, diamond price increases with diamond carat weight because larger diamonds are rarer and more desirable.