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 Post subject: Synthetic Diamond Bears Fake Inscription
PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 6:02 pm 
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Rob Bates for JCK wrote:

Synthetic Diamond Bears Fake Inscription Matching Natural Report

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According to a GIA Lab Note, its Carlsbad, Calif., laboratory recently took in a 1.76 ct. F VS1 excellent cut round. It bore an inscription (pictured) for a GIA report issued in 2015, which was meant for a 1.74 ct. D VVS1 natural untreated stone.


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 Post subject: Re: Synthetic Diamond Bears Fake Inscription
PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:33 pm 
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Back a while ago there was a company offering to cut created diamonds to "match" existing reports... Are they still up to it?

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Well, i am not really impressed by the quality of that inscription, i mean, it seems they have used a plow on that poor girdle... :lol: ..i have seen in the past, more decent fakes.... if a professional can be misled by that it means he/she has never seen a genuine one..... :D

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My thoughts exactly.....but it might fool those who want it to be real. :wink:


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