Post subject: Antwerp Gemological Laboratory - Sri Lanka
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:04 am
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Has anyone heard of Antwerp Gemological Laboratory or dealt with them in the past? It appears from their Facebook page that they are actually out of Sri Lanka and not Belgium.
Their homepage shows them using some seriously cheap generic stereo microscopes (made to look like old Olympus stereos, like the own-brand GIA heads) on generic, non-gemological bases. Not a great impression.
Post subject: Re: Antwerp Gemological Laboratory - Sri Lanka
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:04 am
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josephjfigo wrote:
Has anyone heard of Antwerp Gemological Laboratory or dealt with them in the past? It appears from their Facebook page that they are actually out of Sri Lanka and not Belgium.
Post subject: Re: Antwerp Gemological Laboratory - Sri Lanka
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:05 am
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Thank you all so much for your feedback. Sometimes it’s a bit confusing with so many labs available and not really sure about the quality of the lab unless you’re talking about GIA.
Post subject: Re: Antwerp Gemological Laboratory - Sri Lanka
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 12:30 pm
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Hello all,
Coming back to this post, I just recently received a mail regarding this company. It seems to be a Chinese entity: Antwerp Gemological Laboratory,Chinese name:Shanghai Shenbao Zhubao Jiance Youxian GongSi
Unfortunately for us, there are several labs in different places of the world: Thailand/BKK, China, Greece and elsewhere who are tying to use the good name and reputation of AGL (American Gemological Laboratories) to fool and cheat others..
I have tried legal actions to stop them, but this has proven to be very difficult. I am actually going to put up a page on our website of 'fakes and imitators' so that there is at least something out there to try and protect us.
Best regards and I hope that you are all well and staying healthy! Christopher P. Smith
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