It s important to remember that a 1 carat round diamond is going to visually differ by cut.
Actual size of 1 carat diamond princess cut.
1 02ct princess 5 59x5 45x3 97 1ct princess 5 51x5 51x3 97 vs.
Because of the poorer cut of the first one about 10 of the carat weight is wasted.
This means that an asscher shaped stone will present differently than a princess cut rock even if they share the same weight.
1 5ct princess 6 31x6 31x4 54 vs.
Adjust the ring and finger size to get an idea of how it would look on your finger.
Actual size of 5 69 5 69 4 1mm with 72 1 depth and a face up area of 32 38mm.
This cut is elongated by nature and shown here are ones with a desirable length to width ratio of approximately 1 55 1 and well balanced depth table proportions.
Check finger coverage of this 1 1 carat princess cut diamond.
Settings compare ring width.
0 75 ct 7 8x5 1 0 ct 8 9x5 7 1 25 ct 9 4x6.
The diamond on the left is 1 00 carat and has a good cut.
The surface area is 6 23x6 2mm.
On the other hand the size of a 5 carat diamond is approximately 5 2mm.
1 2ct princess 5 86x5 86x4 22 0 7ct princess 4 8x4 73x3 54 vs.
0 72ct princess 4 8x4 77x3 55 1 3ct princess 6 01x6 01x4 33 vs.
Size in mm optional.
2ct princess 6 94x6 94x5 1 23ct princess 5 82x5 78x4 37 vs.
Check finger coverage of this 1 carat princess cut diamond.
Actual size of 5 51 5 51 3 97mm with 72 1 depth and a face up area of 30 36mm.
As you can see above the size of a 1 carat diamond is approximately 6 5mm based on the assumption that the stone is cut to ideal proportions.
The diamond on the right weighs in at 0 92 carats and has an excellent cut.
So even though the two diamonds have different carat sizes they have the same surface area.