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Carat vs Caratage - What's the difference?

carat | caratage |

As nouns the difference between carat and caratage

is that carat is a unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams while caratage is the purity of gold jewellery (the fraction of pure gold).

carat

English

Alternative forms

* (unit of purity) karat (North America)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
  • Formerly, any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
  • A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

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    * ("carat" on Wikipedia) ----

    caratage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the purity of gold jewellery (the fraction of pure gold).