Note the price dip late 2008 the economic crisis and recent stabilization or even rises.
Diamond carat size and price chart.
The 3 carat stone is only twice as heavy and not twice as big.
Wondering what a 1 carat round diamond looks link on a hand.
This round diamond price chart shows changes in diamond prices over the past few years for different sizes.
As you can see from the diamond size comparison above a 3 00 carat diamond would have a diameter of 9 00 mm compared to the 7 50 mm diameter a 1 50 carat diamond has.
How to calculate price per carat.
However we need to consider the other cs of a diamond color clarity and cut.
So even though the two diamonds have different carat sizes they have the same surface area because of the poorer cut of the first one about 10 of the carat weight is wasted.
Diamonds under 4ct never rose as much nor fell as far.
The per carat price increases as the weight and the quality increases.
Use our diamond size chart to predict the carat weight by the mm diameter of a round diamond.
For instance if one carat costs 2500 a 0 5 carat diamond would cost 1250.
The surface area is 6 23x6 2mm.
The diamond on the right weighs in at 0 92 carats and has an excellent cut.
Our round diamond size chart will help you convert millimeter mm size to carat size for round cut diamonds.
We would calculate the price of that carat by multiplying 2500 x 0 5.
The diamond on the left is 1 00 carat and has a good cut.