Eastern Utah Advocate | 1903-09-17 | Page 7 | The Meaning of "Carat." |

Type	issue
Date	1903-09-17
Paper	Eastern Utah Advocate
Language	eng
City	Price
County	Carbon
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	The Meaning of "Carat."
Type	article
Date	1903-09-17
Paper	Eastern Utah Advocate
Language	eng
City	Price
County	Carbon
Page	7
OCR Text	Show the meaning of carat tho the value of 0 A diamond Is calculated on its weight which la Is estimated by what are called carats barats ca rats originally en au indian weight waight pour four grains go to the carat the value of 0 which varies slightly in different countries and formerly lor tor merly the rulo rule via was that the value of the stone increased with the square of the weight in carats this however Is to rather out of date and the value Is now governed by the beauties of the particular stone eo to that it la Is practically impossible especially with spec specimen men stones to give any fixed rule
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64n016d/2785966