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A carat is a unit of weight for diamonds and other gemstones. One carat equals 200 milligrams (0.200 grams). There are 453 grams in a pound (1,000 grams to a kilogram). Therefore, if your fiancee weighs 170 pounds, you have a 385,050-carat fiancee! A karat, when used with gold, is a unit of purity-- 24-karat gold is pure gold, but usually you mix gold with a metal like copper or silver to make jewelry (because pure gold is too soft). Each karat indicates 1/24th of the whole.
First, note that Karats and Carats are different words with different meanings. âCaratâ is a term used for the denoting the weight of gemstones. âKaratâ is a term that describes the purity level of gold. Karats are in a base 24 system, which is a fancy way of saying tkae the karats on your jewelry and divide it by 24 to get the percentage of pure gold. The Karat system is actually pretty simple to understand: 24 karat (24k) is pure, 100% gold. Once you go down from 24 karat, the percentage of gold goes down in proportion. So 18 karat (18k) gold is 18 parts gold and 6 parts other material (75% gold) 16 karat (16k) gold is 16 parts gold and 8 parts other material (66.6% gold) 10 karat (10k) gold is 41.6% gold.