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Fakes & FraudsI'm not sure about this emerald..
7th Dec 2012 17:01 UTCLuca Esposito
Thank you!
Luca
7th Dec 2012 18:05 UTCBob Harman
7th Dec 2012 18:05 UTCGeoffrey Small
-Geoff
7th Dec 2012 21:06 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager
8th Dec 2012 01:33 UTCSteve Hardinger 🌟 Expert
8th Dec 2012 10:12 UTCRock Currier Expert
8th Dec 2012 12:57 UTCOwen Lewis
Along with that can go confirmation that it is, beyond all doubt, an Emerald, There are many very fakes that are quite convincing enough to pass a casual examination or snapshot. Many of these are even more than 100 years old. That said, I have never seem a faked fully formed Emerald crystal - only synthetics seem suited to passing off in this form :-)
As to the integrity of the whole specimen - and given the Emerald's substantial transparency - the intimacy of the interfacing of the Emerald and matrix without sign of glue or bubbles (the world's greatest snitches) can be confirmed under the microscope by any who look for such signs regularly as a matter of routine.
8th Dec 2012 16:00 UTCWayne Corwin
Can you post photos from the top down and from the back please?
Wayne
9th Dec 2012 09:56 UTCLuca Esposito
Luca
16th Dec 2012 19:21 UTCKristopher Dingfield
19th Dec 2012 14:11 UTCTim Jokela Jr
Having said that... do not buy a Colombian emerald sight unseen. You want to have it in hand, under good light, with at least a loupe, and much more preferably with a microscope to examine for repairs or outright fakery.
The mining process produces lots of loose emeralds. Add matrix and value goes up exponentially, so they often do.
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