You have spelled carat correctly in your query. Carat is used as a way to measure the weight of gemstones and pearls.
A carat is a unit of weight used for gemstones. One third carat is the weight of the diamond.
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Carat is the unit of measurement used to measure diamonds, other gemstones and pearls.
Carat is the unit of measurement used to measure diamonds, other gemstones and pearls.
Carat is used appropriately to measure the weight of gemstones, as pounds, tons or kilos are used to measure the weight of mass.
A carat is used to measure mass, the amount of matter an item contains, and is used to measure gemstones. A metric carat is equal to 200mg.
A "carat" is a system of measuring gemstones and precious metal. The word carat is thought to be derived from the word carob as the carob was used in trading. In gemstones a carat (ct.) is equal to 100 points (pts); eg a 25 point diamond is 1/4ct.
kt (or Karat/Carat) is the measurement used used on gems and pearls. A carat in gems and pearls is measuring the mass of the item (a single carat is equal to 200 milligrams). A carob seed was originally used in measuring the mass of these objects hence the term carat. Please note, a kt in gold is different than a kt in diamonds. A carat in gold is referring to the purity of the item and not its mass.
9 carat gold is a low quality gold. Fourteen and twenty four carat gold is the most commonly used quality in jewelry.
24 carat gold is more valuable, but seldom used in jewelry.
The homonym for carrot is "carat". Carat is a unit of weight used to measure precious gemstones and pearls, equal to 200 milligrams.