lawnmower79
Rough_Rock
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- Jun 28, 2014
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Hi,
I went to Myanmar recently and bought a small Mogok ruby (0.67 carats). I checked it under the loupe and it seems to have features of a Burmese ruby. My holiday has not ended yet but I was wondering, for anyone living in Australia, are there any reputable gem labs that you can recommend in Australia? I googled around and the closest one to my home I could find are these guys (I live in Brisbane):
http://spectra.net.au/
Are they any good? On their website they seem to use some high tech equipment and seem to be able to detect various treatments, since this is the one thing I'm afraid of. The shop lady, of course, swears black and blue that it's untreated but I don't trust a single word. I got it quite cheap so I'm prepared for the worst.
I went to Myanmar recently and bought a small Mogok ruby (0.67 carats). I checked it under the loupe and it seems to have features of a Burmese ruby. My holiday has not ended yet but I was wondering, for anyone living in Australia, are there any reputable gem labs that you can recommend in Australia? I googled around and the closest one to my home I could find are these guys (I live in Brisbane):
http://spectra.net.au/
Are they any good? On their website they seem to use some high tech equipment and seem to be able to detect various treatments, since this is the one thing I'm afraid of. The shop lady, of course, swears black and blue that it's untreated but I don't trust a single word. I got it quite cheap so I'm prepared for the worst.