Emerald cut diamond size chart: carat to mm
By HeyGema™ · Updated
In short
A 1 carat emerald cut diamond measures about 7.0 x 5.0 mm face-up. It faces up 4% bigger than a 1 carat round diamond.
Carat to mm calculator
About 7.0 x 5.0 mm
An estimate for a well-cut stone. A deep or shallow cut faces up smaller or bigger.
Emerald cut diamond size chart (carat to mm)
Face-up length and width of a well-cut emerald cut diamond at a length-to-width ratio of 1.40:1.
- 0.25
- Size: 4.4 x 3.1 mm
- 0.33
- Size: 4.8 x 3.5 mm
- 0.5
- Size: 5.6 x 4.0 mm
- 0.75
- Size: 6.4 x 4.5 mm
- 1
- Size: 7.0 x 5.0 mm
- 1.25
- Size: 7.5 x 5.4 mm
- 1.5
- Size: 8.0 x 5.7 mm
- 2
- Size: 8.8 x 6.3 mm
- 2.5
- Size: 9.5 x 6.8 mm
- 3
- Size: 10.1 x 7.2 mm
- 4
- Size: 11.1 x 7.9 mm
- 5
- Size: 12.0 x 8.5 mm
Size by length-to-width ratio
The same weight can be long and thin or short and wide. These are 1 carat sizes at each ratio.
- 1.30:1
- 1 ct: 6.7 x 5.2 mm
- 1.40:1
- 1 ct: 7.0 x 5.0 mm
- 1.50:1
- 1 ct: 7.2 x 4.8 mm
- 1.60:1
- 1 ct: 7.5 x 4.7 mm
Emerald cut diamond on a finger
How much of the finger's width a 1 carat emerald cut diamond covers, by US ring size. Finger width is taken as the ring's inside diameter. The more of the finger it covers, the bigger it looks.
- 4
- Finger width: 14.9 mm
- Stone covers: 34%
- 5
- Finger width: 15.7 mm
- Stone covers: 32%
- 6
- Finger width: 16.5 mm
- Stone covers: 30%
- 7
- Finger width: 17.3 mm
- Stone covers: 29%
- 8
- Finger width: 18.1 mm
- Stone covers: 28%
Check the real size
A chart on a screen is hard to picture. Hold a ruler or a bank card (85.6 x 54 mm) up to the screen, or ask your jeweler for a cubic zirconia of the same size to try on.