How heavy is 3,000,000 carats?
It's about 30,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.10 carats.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.10 carats before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about 150,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 0.021 carats.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.021 carats. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about 150,000,000 times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
The weight of a Sesame Seed is about 0.0177 carats.
(Sesamum indicum)
A sesame seed weighs approximately 0.0177 carats. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 9,790,000 carats of sesame seeds each day.
It's about 1,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
The weight of a Grain of Sugar is about 0.00305 carats.
(a.k.a. white sugar, a.k.a. white refined sugar, a.k.a. table sugar, a.k.a. sucrose, a.k.a. saccharose)
A grain of sugar weighs approximately 0.00305 carats. Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 298,000 carats of sugar each year.
It's about 2,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
The weight of a Poppy Seed is about 0.0015 carats.
(Papaver somniferum)
Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.0015 carats. The true pigment of a poppy seed is brown in color, while the characteristic bluish color is an optical illusion caused by a layer of calcium oxalate crystals refracting light rays.
It's about 10,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
The weight of a Grain of Salt is about 0.000285 carats.
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.000285 carats. Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 278,000,000,000 carats of salt each year.
It's about 0.0000000000000000000000000003 times as heavy as The Sun
The weight of The Sun is about 9,700,000,000,000,000,682,647,320,411,504,640.000000000000000000000000000000000000 carats.
The sun has a mass of 9,699,999,999,999,999,658,853,024,320,624,525,312.000000000000000000000000000000000000000 carats which represents 99.9% of the solar system's total mass. 98.7% of the sun's mass consists of hydrogen and helium — respectively the lightest and second-lightest elements in the universe.
It's about 0.0000000000000000000001 times as heavy as The Earth
The weight of The Earth is about 29,112,000,000,000,001,251,043,442,688.0000000000000000000000000000000000 carats.
The mass of the planet Earth is 29,112,000,000,000,001,251,043,442,688.0000000000000000000000000000000000 carats. The element iron makes up about 32% of that mass, or 9,344,699,999,999,999,444,917,420,032.000000000000000000000000000000000 carats.