vinkalmann
Shiny_Rock
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- Oct 23, 2009
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Hi there,
My wife recently inherited a emerald ring from her grandmother. I should say that we were told it was an emerald, but I have my doubts because the stone literally has no flaws in it when viewed under a magnifying glass. Like nothing in there. We took it to a local appraiser and they weren't really able to say whether it was or wasn't real. They wanted to keep the stone overnight to look at it more, but my wife wasn't comfortable with it. My question is this, if the stone is a synthetic emerald, would an appraiser be able to differentiate it from a natural emerald?
I have a feeling that the answer that's going to come back from the forum is "send it to AGL". If so, can anyone give me some pointers to ease my wife's mind about doing this. Her main concerns are it getting lost in the mail and the lab swapping it out for something else when sending it back.
Thanks in advance!
My wife recently inherited a emerald ring from her grandmother. I should say that we were told it was an emerald, but I have my doubts because the stone literally has no flaws in it when viewed under a magnifying glass. Like nothing in there. We took it to a local appraiser and they weren't really able to say whether it was or wasn't real. They wanted to keep the stone overnight to look at it more, but my wife wasn't comfortable with it. My question is this, if the stone is a synthetic emerald, would an appraiser be able to differentiate it from a natural emerald?
I have a feeling that the answer that's going to come back from the forum is "send it to AGL". If so, can anyone give me some pointers to ease my wife's mind about doing this. Her main concerns are it getting lost in the mail and the lab swapping it out for something else when sending it back.
Thanks in advance!