You bring up good points. I do not know this lab but by peering closely, it looks like it is based in Indonesia.Date: 4/23/2009 11:29:43 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Are there any notes on the cert indicating treatment or lack thereof? I don''t see any. I''m sorry, but that cert doesn''t look like a lab I recognize, and it should not be called ''alexandrite sapphire.''
If it is, how come they don''t even talk about treatment on the cert? I guess for me, a lab report isn''t complete without knowing the type of treatment, which can significantly affect the value of a stone.Date: 4/23/2009 11:34:08 PM
Author: r1noa
I find it very weird too that they write alexandrite sapphire there. But the lab is one of the most reputable one in Indonesia.
Ditto. When I first glanced at the cert, I just saw the words AGL and thought it was THE AGL we are familiar with.Date: 4/23/2009 11:35:37 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
I found a small website about this lab. I just rather send it to a more reputable lab like the real AGL. I don''t like how they closely mimic the acronym, and it''s a totally different lab. The reason I''m cautious is because there is a lot of synthetic color change sapphire out there, and you should get a cert from a highly reputable lab.
Well if it''s a heated 6 carat authentic color change sapphire of very good color change, and you''re also getting the ring, I think it''s a great price. I''m not a sapphire expert, so hopefully someone else will chime in on that. I''m just always skeptical of anything that is "too good to be true," but sometimes they are.Date: 4/23/2009 11:38:46 PM
Author: r1noa
On the bottom right of the sert, u can see (NH).
N - No Enhancement
H - Heat Treatment.
I find that this lab always assume heat treatment for all sapphire, unless u personally request to check for that.