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Point

A unit of weight for a diamond, being one-hundredth of a metric carat. It is used for weights that are decimal fractions of a carat, and all figures after the second decimal point are, in the diamond and jewelry trade, generally discarded.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson