EMERALD Ring - General ID Question

[mjm579]

So, seems my posting capabilities are back in action (temporary IT problem that needed an email confirmation and an app uninstall and reinstall).

Anyway, I recently purchased a beauty off of eBay. Real or not, I'm extremely happy with this ring. Although I'm a fairly trusting person, in general, I'm not sure if I will get an honest answer on this one.

Any recommendations on evaluating "Real vs. Fake" emeralds?

 

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[2Minnesota]

I'm going to make a complete guess and say odds are it probably is not real due to the size of the stone. That being said I have no way to know. Take it to a jeweler maybe?? It's a very pretty ring!

 

[masterjedi]

Its a beauty.... The stone looks to be synthetic due to it not having internal inclusions. Emeralds are known for have many inclusions. Pretty ring though...

 

[bill from lachine]

That's a beauty of a ring either way.....an emerald of that size if it were real would be worth some very serious money.

Best advice I can give is have is looked over by a reputable jeweler.

Here's a link for some ideas on testing if they're real or not.

http://ommrudraksha.com/topic/75-identification-of-real-emerald.aspx

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[mjm579]

I bought a UV flashlight....now to find it after my 3-year old got ahold of it.

When I shined the black light on it, it had a very faint "pinkish" hue to it.

 

[diggummup]

It looks lab created or worst case scenario would be colored glass. I'm thinking it's probably synthetic, looks pretty clean. Really no way to be sure without having a pro look at it. Nice looking ring though. I picked up a couple emerald pieces a few months ago myself, they are probably synthetic but I never had them looked at.

 

[mjm579]

At the very least, I don't think it's glass. Apparently even synthetic emeralds can be valuable. Can anyone confirm?

Also, I think I read somewhere that they made synthetic emeralds out of Mt. Saint Helens ash.

 

[tamrock]

I see why your so happy. It's a beautiful ring.

 

[JimDon]

The setting seems a little less refined for stone of that size. And Emeralds do usually have inclusions.

 

[bill from lachine]

mjm579,

Maybe this link will help.

Emerald gemstones: faceted lab grown created emeralds - synthetic jewelry gems

At the very least, I don't think it's glass. Apparently even synthetic emeralds can be valuable. Can anyone confirm?

Also, I think I read somewhere that they made synthetic emeralds out of Mt. Saint Helens ash.

 

[masterjedi]

At the very least, I don't think it's glass. Apparently even synthetic emeralds can be valuable. Can anyone confirm?

Also, I think I read somewhere that they made synthetic emeralds out of Mt. Saint Helens ash.

I was in the jewelry, gold & silver business for over 20 years... Its not glass... I live in Oregon and & they did make synthetic emeralds out of Mt. Saint Helens ash Pretty ring!!!

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Ooh, yeah, purty!
The designs on the gold, almost resemble the Black Hills gold jewelry, sometimes comes in tri-color gold. Which may would also explain, emerald from Mt St Helen's. If you put a super magnifier too it, you see any inclusions, deposits, it looks really clean.
Are there any markings? Very nice ring.