How Many Carats Should A Diamond Engagement Ring Be?
No doubt this question has crossed the mind of many an ardent suitor when he stepped into a jeweller’s store to buy the love of his life an engagement ring. Is there something like an average? How much is too much and how much too little? Would that there were a guide to let a man in love know.
The fact is, there is no universal average. The carat size of an engagement ring diamond could have different averages depending on which part of town or which part of the country you are from. The national average might tell you that the figure is 0.38 carats. However, this is not a static number and it is said to be growing with the passing of the years.
If you want an average, it might just be worthwhile looking at the averages in each city. When it is a large and prosperous city, the average carat will be found to be much higher. California’s is 1 carat but if you were to focus on a specific wealthy region, it could go up to maybe 2.75 carats. In Europe however, the average is 0.30 carats.
With so many people all over the world spending anything between £1000 and £1600 for a diamond engagement ring, it looks like the average could well touch 1 carat soon. That just means there will be a lot of sparklers on many women’s fingers and with the diamonds growing bigger, diamond engagement rings are going to be in the limelight.
March 21st, 2009 at 1:04 pm
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