I recently inherited, or well… the correct term would be that I recently realized what they supposedly are, a man and woman’s set of rings. (And forgive me if I posted this in the wrong section, I’m rather ignorant of all of this and didn’t really know exactly where to post this).
The gems that are set in the rings are supposedly alexandrite, and I know already that they are most likely fake or synthetic. I’m not only aware of the odds, but believe in them. When I was first told what they were, I simply shrugged it off as some kind of gem and off into the ring box they went. As so did my father when he received it… and his father and so forth.
Long story short, I eventually got around to simply looking up the rings out of simple curiosity. From there I found out that the things changed colors, and that made them pretty darn interesting. Fake or not, it is neat to see them do it if I say so myself. Since then I’ve done what I could to see if they were real or not, and I’ve definitely come to the conclusion that I should simply ship them off to some lab to get them checked. I’m closer to GIA so I’ll most likely ship them there.
I’ve even gone to shops as to see their Alexandrite’s, even some that sell for a pretty penny are dull and ugly compared to the two of my own. The clerks all blatantly said that the ones in their stock were fakes… even the ones that were thousands of dollars. They never even changed color when I stepped into the sunlight with them, whereas mine change immediately and clearly. Now I know such a thing isn’t a deciding factor, but it gives me enough motivation to send them to a lab.
From what I’ve looked into, they are most likely sapphires that have been modified. Corundum I guess? But the darn things look really different than the synthetics and others I’ve seen, both on the internet and in person. The difference is literally night and day.
So, I’m not really here to ask if they are real or not… since I’ll find out for sure either way within short order, but rather which one I should send off first because just recently I placed them both under UV light and the woman’s gemstone glowed a bright orange. Everywhere I read says that this seems to be a sign that it is synthetic. Which I wouldn’t be too surprised of, since it is a rather large gem. However, the gem in the man’s ring doesn’t glow orange but rather a dark hue of red. If my eyes are seeing it correctly. I’d really hate to squander time and money on something that was a guaranteed fake or something.
Summing it up, I have two rings with gems and I would like to know if anyone could give me a better idea of which to send first. The one that glowed orange, or the one that did not? Or in an experts opinion… should I not even bother sending the one that glows orange? Or both? I wish there was some kind of manual about these things.
Any help would be appreciated and I thank you for your time.
I was going to try to keep it short and simple, really failed that one.
The gems that are set in the rings are supposedly alexandrite, and I know already that they are most likely fake or synthetic. I’m not only aware of the odds, but believe in them. When I was first told what they were, I simply shrugged it off as some kind of gem and off into the ring box they went. As so did my father when he received it… and his father and so forth.
Long story short, I eventually got around to simply looking up the rings out of simple curiosity. From there I found out that the things changed colors, and that made them pretty darn interesting. Fake or not, it is neat to see them do it if I say so myself. Since then I’ve done what I could to see if they were real or not, and I’ve definitely come to the conclusion that I should simply ship them off to some lab to get them checked. I’m closer to GIA so I’ll most likely ship them there.
I’ve even gone to shops as to see their Alexandrite’s, even some that sell for a pretty penny are dull and ugly compared to the two of my own. The clerks all blatantly said that the ones in their stock were fakes… even the ones that were thousands of dollars. They never even changed color when I stepped into the sunlight with them, whereas mine change immediately and clearly. Now I know such a thing isn’t a deciding factor, but it gives me enough motivation to send them to a lab.
From what I’ve looked into, they are most likely sapphires that have been modified. Corundum I guess? But the darn things look really different than the synthetics and others I’ve seen, both on the internet and in person. The difference is literally night and day.
So, I’m not really here to ask if they are real or not… since I’ll find out for sure either way within short order, but rather which one I should send off first because just recently I placed them both under UV light and the woman’s gemstone glowed a bright orange. Everywhere I read says that this seems to be a sign that it is synthetic. Which I wouldn’t be too surprised of, since it is a rather large gem. However, the gem in the man’s ring doesn’t glow orange but rather a dark hue of red. If my eyes are seeing it correctly. I’d really hate to squander time and money on something that was a guaranteed fake or something.
Summing it up, I have two rings with gems and I would like to know if anyone could give me a better idea of which to send first. The one that glowed orange, or the one that did not? Or in an experts opinion… should I not even bother sending the one that glows orange? Or both? I wish there was some kind of manual about these things.
Any help would be appreciated and I thank you for your time.
I was going to try to keep it short and simple, really failed that one.
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