Wednesday, September 14, 2011

FAKE GEMS-USA BUYERS GETTING TAKEN

PLEASE VOTE FOR MY GUIDES TO LET ME KNOW IF THE INFO I AM GIVING IS HELPFUL AND THAT IM DOING MY JOB.
HELLO-I WAS HERE A FEW YEARS BACK AS A RARE GEM SELLER AND POWERSELLER. I AM A RETIRED GEMOLOGIST AND ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS WAS THE OWNER OF ISG-THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF GEMOLOGY, JUST SO YOU KNOW HE LEFT GREAT FEEDBACK AND MY ITEMS ARE THE REAL DEAL
I HAVE TIME AND TIME TRIED TO WARN USA BUYERS AND COULDNT BELIEVE HOW IGNORANT SOME CAN BE WHEN THEY INSIST THEY ARE GETTING A DEAL. I HAVE EXAMINED NUMEROUS STONES FOR CUSTOMERS WHO BOUGHT OUT OF USA AND THEY DIDNT LIKE WHAT I HAD TO TELL THEM. I FOUND AIR BUBBLES, CURVED STRIAE'S WHICH MEANS GLASS OR SYNTHETIC, RAIN INCLUSIONS WHICH MEANS SYNTHETIC AND I EVEN FOUND A FEW PLASTIC GEMS. WHEN YOU SEE A 20CT AMETRINE FOR $10. ITS NOT REAL! I LOOK AT ALL THESE MONSTEROUS STONES FOR SALE AND GUYS....THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH AMETRINE IN THE WORLD. I RECENTLY BOUGHT A RUBY OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND YES IT WAS GLASS I JUST LOOPED IT AND KNEW THE BUBBLES STOOD OUT. I HATE TO BRAKE IT TO YOU BUT GOOD RUBIE'S ARE STILL VERY VALUABLE IF THEY ARE REAL AND SO ARE MANY OTHER GEMSTONES.
I AM NOT SAYING ALL OUT OF USA SELLERS ARE FRAUDS THEY ARENT. THESE FAKE CERTS ARE ALSO OFFERED BY LABS THAT DONT EXIST SO YOU FEEL SAFE...YOUR NOT. I JUST FOUND ONE OFFEREING GIA REPORTS THAT HE COPIED FROM GIA SITE WHERE THEY USE THIS AS A TEACHING TOOL NOT FOR CROOKS TO TAKE AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR ALL THEIR MONEY. WHAT THEY DONT KNOW IS GIA PUTS A BARCODE ON EVERY CERT WRITTEN BY GIA SO THEY ARE TRACKABLE. WHAT I CANT BELIEVE IS THESE GUYS ARE RECIEVING AWARDS FROM okay BUT okay IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF CHECKING GEMS SO IT IS UP TO YOU...YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED AS LONG AS THEY CAN SHOW THEY SHIPPED THE ITEM OR IF YOU HAVE A REAL GIA REPORT.
I AM WILLING TO BET NOT EVEN 1% OF YOU BARGAIN BASEMENT GEM BUYERS HAVE PAID $50-$75 TO GET YOUR $10. MONSTER GEM CHECKED. BUY A LOUPE , DICHROSCOPE AND REFRACTOMETER AND LEARN HOW TO USE THEM ALSO GET A CHELSEA FILTER...GLASS ALWAYS TURNS RED UNDER A CHELSEA BUT SO DO REAL GEMSTONES SO YOU THEN NEED YOUR REFRACTOMETER. GEMS ARE VALUABLE, SOME MORE THEN OTHERS BUT YOUR NOT GOING TO GET A 5 CARAT GOOD GENUINE RUBY FOR $10. NOT IN THIS LIFETIME.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE GONE SO FAR AS TO THROW DIRT INTO THE MOULTEN GLASS BATCH WHEN THEY ARE MAKING THEIR FAKES SO IT LOOKS LIKE INCLUSIONS. LEARN WHAT A CURVED STRIAE IS AS ITS FOUND IN GLASS OR SYNTHETIC AND LOOK FOR AIR BUBBLES,IT CAN MEAN LEAD GLASS FILLED OR GLASS ITSELF. GET A GOOD BOOK ON WHAT INCLUSIONS ARE INDICATIVE TO A CERTAIN GEM. GET A GOOD LOUPE, IF YOU CAN GET A HIGH POWER SCOPE AS IT CAN BE A AID IN DETERMENING IF A GEM HAS HAD CERTAIN TREATMENTS.YOU GUYS JUST KEEP RIGHT ON MAKING THESE GUYS MILLIONAIRS AND THEY WILL KEEP RIGHT ON TAKING YOUR MONEY.
NOTE*** ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS MOLD MARKS. I DONT geE ACROSS IT TOO OFTEN BUT WHEN I HAVE IT WAS GEMSTONES ON okay. MUCH LIKE A CERAMIC MOLD THERE ARE MOLDS WITH CUTS ALREADY BUILT INTO THEM AND THEY POUR THEIR MOULTEN GLASS OR EVEN PLASTIC INTO THEM. AFTER THE BATCH HAS COOLED DOWN THEY REMOVE THE FAKES AND GRIND DOWN THE EDGES AROUND THE FAKE STONES AND POLISH THEM. MOST OF THE TIME THEY DO A LOUSY JOB SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE MOLD MARKS. GOOD LUCK

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