Carat

Examples

• One often speaks of a ring as being 14-carat gold, or of 22- or 18-carat watch cases or jewelry, but do all of us know just what we mean by 14, 18 or 22 carat? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• How Much Gold has a 14-Carat Ring? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Gold is divided into twenty-four parts--that is, pure gold is said to contain twenty-four carats--the carat being just a measurement term. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The average weight of the native Burmese ruby is about one-eighth of a carat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A ring or watch case marked 14K or 18K means that fourteen or eighteen parts of it are pure gold, the balance of the twenty-four carats being some sort of alloy, copper being generally used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Orloff diamond, belonging to the Emperor of Russia, weighs 195 carats; the Pitt diamond, among the French crown jewels, 136-1/2. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• One of the largest diamonds known (weight 367 carats) was found in Borneo about a century ago, and belongs to the Rajah of Mattan. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some of the South African diamonds are also very large, one being found in 1893 weighing 971 carats, or nearly half a pound. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• More recently a much larger one has been found, weighing 3,034 carats. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This has been cut into eleven pieces, the largest, a drop brilliant, weighing 516-1/2 carats. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Standard gold, or the alloy used for the gold coinage of Britain, consists of twenty-two parts of gold and two of copper (being thus twenty-two carats fine). Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Rubies have been thus produced weighing twelve to fifteen carats when cut. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It weighed originally nearly 800 carats, but by subsequent recuttings has been reduced to 103-3/4 carats. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Gold is divided into twenty-four parts--that is, pure gold is said to contain twenty-four carats--the carat being just a measurement term. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The fineness of gold is estimated by carats, pure gold being twenty-four carats fine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The largest Brazilian diamond weighed 254-1/2 carats and was cut to a brilliant of 125. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Articles of jewelry in gold are made of every degree of fineness up to eighteen carats, _i. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This, called the Star of South Africa, has been placed in King George’s scepter, and another, of 309-3/16 carats, in his crown. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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