An
International Committee of Weights and Measures has finally adopted the
recommendations of the various associations of jewellers and diamond
merchants, and has officially sanctioned a fixed uniform weight value
of 200 milligrams for the carat.
The
carat, as a weight (it should be remembered that the word Karat is also
used in the jewelry trade to denote the fineness of gold), is used for
weighing the precious stones. The weights of some