Examples of use of KARATS
1. "Look at my mother –– she probably has five karats on her right now." In India, where an economic boom has taken hold and tastes are noticeably shifting, Sonam represents one of the newest consumers on the block – a young urban woman who has distanced herself from India‘s deep–rooted gold tradition.
2. Manuel Africano, Angola‘s mining minister, said that despite the large amount of diamonds produced in Africa, the continent "had no say in world diamond commerce strategies". Africano said Africa, which includes the world‘s largest diamond producer Botswana, generated about $158 billion a year from the trade of 1.' billion karats.