Sawing a diamond is time-consuming process. It can take anywhere from two to eight hours to saw a one carat diamond. However, efficiency is much improved by installing rows of mechanical saws.
Your answer depends on the orientation of the raw diamond.
Two tenth carat isn't a term usually associated with a diamond. Every diamond is priced according to its carat weight, its colour, its cut and its clarity.
Usually, a brilliant cut diamond that weighs one carat measures about 6.5 mm at the girdle.
The descriptor '.45' usually documents the carat weight of a diamond: meaning 45/100ths of a carat, or nearly half a carat.
Carat for carat, we usually see a diamond costing more than an emerald. That's a generalization, but it quite accurate. Carats (carat weight or size), cut, color and clarity are the variables that determine price.
One carat of diamond weighs .20 grams. If you do the math, you'll divide 6000 (grams) by .20 (@ carat) and come up with .... ???
The carat defines the standard unit of weight measurement of a diamond.
'Cents' or points usually describe diamond weight that less than one carat. One carat equals 100 cents or 100 points.
Carat is the measurement of a diamond's weight. The stone's value would partially depend on its carat weight.
A one carat diamond weighs one carat and contains one carat.
A two-carat diamond is a gemstone that weighs two carats.
A 625 carat diamond would be a very large diamond, weighing 625 carats.