How heavy is 260 carats?
It's about one-fifty-fifth as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 14,000 carats.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 14,000 carats. The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
It's about 70 times as heavy as a Nail
The weight of a Nail is about 3.80 carats.
(for 15-gauge, 2-inch, finishing nails)
A two-inch finishing nail weighs 3.80 carats. Nails have been in use for more than 5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.
It's about one-one-hundredth as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 20,000 carats.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 20,000 carats. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about one-one-hundredth as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 20,000 carats.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 20,000 carats. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 33,157.89470 carats.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 24,315.78950 carats, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 33,157.89470 carats. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 24,366.88160 carats will float in water.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 40,000 carats.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 40,000 carats. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 60,631.578950 carats.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 60,631.578950 carats. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 1,218,344.08 carats.
It's about 300 times as heavy as a Raindrop
The weight of a Raindrop is about 1 carats.
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)
The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 1 carats. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
It's about one-five-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 144,000 carats.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 144,000 carats. The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
It's about one-eight-hundredth as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 212,000 carats.
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 212,000 carats. The Indian town of Musiri in Tamil Nadu state features the world's only paying toilet, which rewards its users up to 10¢ Indian (10 paisas) per visit and uses the waste for compost and fertilizer.
It's about one-nine-hundredth as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 240,000 carats.
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 240,000 carats. It is the largest octopus species and is known for its considerable intelligence, including the ability to open jars, solve mazes, and mimic other octopuses.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 354,800 carats.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 354,800 carats when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 410,000 carats.
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 410,000 carats. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
It's about 2,500 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 one-three-thousandth as heavy as a Panda Bear
The weight of a Panda Bear is about 730,000 carats.
(a.k.a. Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(Adult, male)
An adult, male Giant Panda weighs up to 730,000 carats. Despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, the panda eats only bamboo and must eat up to 31,000 carats of it per day to compensate for the limited energy the plant provides.