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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 1146788" data-attributes="member: 6957">Diamonds are rated for Color, Cut, Clarity, and Carat weight (a carat weighs 1/5 of a metric gram). Blue or clear diamonds are worth more than, say, yellow, with pink being right up there as well. Diamond dust is an inescapable biproduct of polishing and cutting the stones. However, given ts value to the magical world the price of the dust might well be inflated, perhaps to as much as 10% of the equivelant of 1 carat rough diamonds of the same quality (cut not being applicable to the dust).  So if what is the value of a 1 carat rough diamond in D&D? Bear in mind that for much of history other gems held the edge in price over diamonds, with rubies and emeralds being the most sought after.I might go with 100 gp per carat of rough diamond of average quality, or 10 gp per carat of diamond dust. equaling 50 gp per gram of diamond dust. For imperial measure that would make an ounce of diamond dust worth roughly about 1500 gp.And of course you can twiddle with the varying qualities of diamond dust being of different values.The Auld Grump, but these are merely guesses of course...</blockquote>