EGL is so Wrong!

[Circe]

Date: 12/3/2009 1:24:32 PM
Author: Richard Sherwood
I''m thinking because the original GIA inscription was so faint, that you (or the dealer) possibly misread the numbers, and pulled up the wrong report.


It would have to have been a fluke, because you enter the carat weight as well when you pull up a report. So it would have been another stone with the same carat weight and a similar report number.


I just hate to see a lab get a bum rap (either GIA or EGL-Antwerp) because of an error on your or your dealer''s part.


If you were to list all the specs on the GIA versus EGL report (or their two report numbers so we could look it up) we could probably tell you if it was the same stone or not. Otherwise you really don''t have any hard evidence to support your statement that EGL-Antwerp (or GIA) was so far off.


I''m not trying to get on your case, but rather just trying to alleviate the public''s perception that there could be such a difference between the two, based on your statement. I seriously doubt these two reports are for the same stone.


Another possibility is that the EGL report you saw was an EGL-Israel report, the softest graders (in my opinion) of the EGL worldwide franchise. I have seen their reports sometimes differ a fair amount from the mainstream, although this big a difference would be highly unlikely for them as well, in my opinion.


If you listed the EGL report number we could tell you what lab it originated from.

Excellent point from Rich - it''s really worth rechecking the numbers, because those inscriptions can be nigh-on impossible to read with a little wear. Even at 30X, if they''ve been acid-blasted, it would be possible for the 8 to go to 3 or 0 (just for example) ... I really would love to see the full reports for both, ''cause this is wild!

 

[Richard Sherwood]

Date: 12/3/2009 3:15:59 PM
Author: BarbaraP

Date: 12/3/2009 1:24:32 PM
Author: Richard Sherwood

Another possibility is that the EGL report you saw was an EGL-Israel report, the softest graders (in my opinion) of the EGL worldwide franchise. I have seen their reports sometimes differ a fair amount from the mainstream, although this big a difference would be highly unlikely for them as well, in my opinion.

Rich - have you seen any graded by the Turkish lab?

Nope. You?