Same carat, four shapes, drawn to scale. Carat is weight, not size: a round packs its weight into a tight circle, while elongated shapes spend the same weight on length across the finger. Drag the slider and watch how each outline uses its carats.
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The honest part: at the same carat, all four outlines cover a nearly equal face-up area. What changes is where the weight goes. The round stacks it in a compact circle; the elongated shapes stretch it along the finger, which is why they read larger on the hand. Choose by taste, not by arithmetic: a diamond is a love piece, and the right shape is the one she will smile at for decades.
