Long Beach is a large city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast. Borders Long Beach Orange County on its southeast edge. The Port of Long Beach is one of the world's largest shipping ports.The city also has a large oil industry. Manufacturers include aircraft, automobile parts, electronic and audiovisual equipment, and home furnishings. Long Beach has grown with the development of high-technology and aerospace industries in the area.
With such a great port, as one of the world's largest shipping ports many of the employers in this city are doing Long Beach Jobs Hiring to hire qualified candidates to join and work in their companies and factories. Many candidates are applying for these jobs opportunity, but only few are hired due to the high volume of candidates. My friend, John is very smart. He is not giving up just like that, he using an online job site, to find other Port of Long Beach Jobs that are not knowing by job seekers yet. He then used Hound.com, because this site have jobs that are not advertised by the employers and are coming directly from the employer website itself. He applied for one, and he was surprised that he is the only candidate that apply for that job! He then was hired as an Oil Refinery Supervisor. He was regret and saying that, why he didn't use Hound.com at the first place. Join today with Hound.com!
Saturday, 9 January 2010
About Diamond Weights
Diamonds are measured in Carat Weight.
One carat weighs 200 milligrams. If a
diamond is referred to as four grains, this
also means that it is a one carat diamond.
The word Carat comes from the word carob.
A carob is a bean that grows on a tree in the
Mediterranean. In times past, if a diamond
weighed the same as a carob bean, it was
one carob, or one carat.
However, in the far east, where Carob trees
do not grow, rice was used to measure the
weight of a diamond. If a diamond weighed
as much as four grains of rice, it was four
grains – or one carat as we know it to be
now. The majority of diamond purchases
are for diamonds that are 1/3 of a carat.
Beware when shopping for diamonds that
are already set or mounted. If more than one
diamond is used in the piece, the tag on the
jewelry will give the CTW or Carat Total
Weight – it does not tell you the carat weight
of each stone in the piece. You need to ask
the jeweler for the total carat weight of the
largest diamond in the piece to truly
understand what you are buying.
One carat weighs 200 milligrams. If a
diamond is referred to as four grains, this
also means that it is a one carat diamond.
The word Carat comes from the word carob.
A carob is a bean that grows on a tree in the
Mediterranean. In times past, if a diamond
weighed the same as a carob bean, it was
one carob, or one carat.
However, in the far east, where Carob trees
do not grow, rice was used to measure the
weight of a diamond. If a diamond weighed
as much as four grains of rice, it was four
grains – or one carat as we know it to be
now. The majority of diamond purchases
are for diamonds that are 1/3 of a carat.
Beware when shopping for diamonds that
are already set or mounted. If more than one
diamond is used in the piece, the tag on the
jewelry will give the CTW or Carat Total
Weight – it does not tell you the carat weight
of each stone in the piece. You need to ask
the jeweler for the total carat weight of the
largest diamond in the piece to truly
understand what you are buying.
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