Or that 250 tons of ore must be moved to obtain a one-carat polished diamond or that 75 percent of Japanese brides today wear diamond engagement rings?

He seems almost effortlessly to stud the pages with one-carat blue-white diamonds.

The earrings were described as graduated stones, one-half- to one-carat diamonds, set in double hoops.

From her ring finger shines a one-carat diamond.

A Tiffany-cut one-carat diamond set in platinum that had cost him four large on 47th Street.

On the slightly pricier end, a one-carat diamond set in a simple white-gold setting is $3,800, but the platinum version is $5,500.

No, I didn't spend ten thousand dollars for a one-carat diamond two years ago and watch its value shrink in half.

He might have his ashes sent into the heavens in helium-filled balloons or have them compressed into a one-carat artificial diamond to fit on a ring.

It takes 560,000 miles, or points, to earn a one-carat diamond, with smaller stones available for fewer miles.

I want you to know that this card and your transportation cost me a one-carat diamond.