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 Post subject: Rubies from gold necklace?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:33 am 
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I have 14 Rubies that were removed from a gold necklace before scrapping. I used my diamond tester (cheap one) on these and it showed them at a 10. Largest is 1.5 carats and they graduate down in size. Have pictures but will need to upload to Photobucket to put on here.

My question is how can I get an apprasal value? Live in small town and jewelers in towns around here, know about as much about gems as I do.
Can get pictures uploaded later if anyone is interested, but they are not great pics.

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 Post subject: Re: Rubies from gold necklace?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:00 pm 
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Pictures are always welcome but no one here can do an appraisal from some pics.

Where are you situated? You do need to find a gemmologist just to confirm that the stones are natural and not synthetic. If you think they are worth some bucks then get them examined properly and appraised by someone who knows their stuff.

You can always post them to someone, they don't have to live near you


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:04 pm 
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Sorry about the poor quality pics!

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JerryB19/th_Rubies2_zps9b9d7902.png
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JerryB19/th_Rubies5_zpsd4962af8.png
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JerryB19/th_Rubies3_zps7373487d.png


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:19 pm 
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Well, nothing can be determined from those pics.

If I may quote Frank, "You do need to find a gemmologist just to confirm that the stones are natural and not synthetic. If you think they are worth some bucks then get them examined properly and appraised by someone who knows their stuff.
You can always post them to someone, they don't have to live near you"


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:38 pm 
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Yes. Thanks. I'll have to find one that I know I can trust though. The few jewelers that I know from around here (Iowa) don't seem to know that much about Rubies.
I've read the articles about how real rubies have some marks in them while man-made ones haveair bubbles, etc.
Can see a little dark spot or two in these but no bubbles with a 10X loupe. Man-made ones are suppose to weigh less and from what I've read they are not as hard. But you ever know how true the things you read are.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:58 pm 
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The pics are tiny and useless. The device used cannot be trusted for an ID on Ruby. Best regards, Lee

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:40 am 
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Iowa jewelers sound similar to the ones I know in Ohio, LOL
Synthetic Ruby does not weigh less than natural and they are identical in hardness, however, simulant Ruby likely will weigh less and will be softer.
Some synthetics do have inclusions.
The bubbles seen with a 10x loupe are in natural Rubies that have had voids filled with glass, not usually seen in synthetics. Best regards, Lee

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:47 am 
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Thanks! Appreciate the replys and info.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:30 pm 
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Lee,
Had to go check out your Etsy shop. Have to say, you do some really nice work. I had a shop on Bananza that did fairly well but had to give it up recently because of a health problem that takes up a lot of time. Don't seem to have the patience with the computer and picture taking either.


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Lee has a number of items on our Marketplace as well:
Check it out: Lee's Jewelry


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Thanks Jerry Lee! I enjoy my work.
I used to surf the internet really hard to find free information on gemology and as it turns out, this site has a ton of good reading so if you want to learn more this is a good start. Also always feel free to ask questions as this site has a lot of knowledgeable members and I will help you when ever I can.
And thanks Barbra, I will be loading even more into the Gemology Online Marketplace today! Best regards, Lee

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