Hello, I'm new to this forum, hoping to find answers to a question that gave me mostly conflicting information when researching. My beautiful Colombian emerald has a fairly strong pure red fluorescence under long wave UV light. Here's the back story:
I (well, my husband) bought this ring a few weeks ago as a special anniversary gift. The stone comes with a GIA report. The seller seems legit, they are known for creating jewelry using high quality gemstones. The ring is beautiful, a 1.56ct Colombian emerald (faces up larger than its size) set in platinum and 18K gold basket. Two high quality trapezoid diamonds on the sides. I really have no reason to doubt the validity of all the specs. Sometimes it almost looks too good for a natural emerald but, if you inspect it closely, the inclusions are definitely there.
Fast forward, for some reason I got fixated on proving to myself that the emerald and side stones are natural which, you would think, really doesn't seem necessary. I measured the stone and compared it to the GIA report. It checks out. The stone actually looks like the one on the report. Good. BUT then I felt the need to test it with a long wave UV light. To my surprise, it has a strong red fluorescence. What does that mean? I know that bright red often indicates lab grown emeralds. I also learned that some Colombian emeralds have a faint reddish fluorescence. But this one was not so faint...
Here's the ring. First an inside pic, second in sunlight, and last under UV light. It is not quite as bluish in real life, and the fluorescence actually looks stronger in person. Does anyone here have experience with this type of occurrence?
I (well, my husband) bought this ring a few weeks ago as a special anniversary gift. The stone comes with a GIA report. The seller seems legit, they are known for creating jewelry using high quality gemstones. The ring is beautiful, a 1.56ct Colombian emerald (faces up larger than its size) set in platinum and 18K gold basket. Two high quality trapezoid diamonds on the sides. I really have no reason to doubt the validity of all the specs. Sometimes it almost looks too good for a natural emerald but, if you inspect it closely, the inclusions are definitely there.
Fast forward, for some reason I got fixated on proving to myself that the emerald and side stones are natural which, you would think, really doesn't seem necessary. I measured the stone and compared it to the GIA report. It checks out. The stone actually looks like the one on the report. Good. BUT then I felt the need to test it with a long wave UV light. To my surprise, it has a strong red fluorescence. What does that mean? I know that bright red often indicates lab grown emeralds. I also learned that some Colombian emeralds have a faint reddish fluorescence. But this one was not so faint...
Here's the ring. First an inside pic, second in sunlight, and last under UV light. It is not quite as bluish in real life, and the fluorescence actually looks stronger in person. Does anyone here have experience with this type of occurrence?
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