synthetic or natural

[Bobby]

Hi,this is a blue stone with these inclusions.i had given it for testing in grs lab hongkong and it came out as synthetic,im confused can someone help.

[Bobby]

few more pics

[Bobby]

flouresence

[Bobby]

one more inclusion.and a similar inclusion i got online.

[roshanravan]

seems natural, No obvious curved growth lines or gas bubbles but Partially healed fractures that suggest heat evidence

[Bobby]

Thank you for your reply.I think i will definitely ask the lab as to why they had given it as synthetic.

[roshanravan]

which lab it has report from?

[Bobby]

GRS hong kong.Infact im yet to collect the stones.

[Barbra Voltaire, FGG]

Growth lines look slightly curved to me.
I'd go w/ flame fusion synthetic.....red fluorescence is odd, as the iron in sapphire should quench it.
GRS has access to many instruments (FTIR) that should easily separate natural from synthetic.

[Bobby]

Thank you for your reply.The report just said synthetic stone.Dint mention if it was synthetic sapphire or a ruby or something else.And id given the alexandrite for an additional report and the person kept insisting i show her the gia certificate and even photographed it.i dont know if thats thats normal or is it just labs nowadays.

[Barbra Voltaire, FGG]

That's odd. I hope you weren't charged for that identification.

[Bobby]

had asked for a express report and paid for it.Its wierd cause they want you to give a value on the stone,charge you according to that.I was wondering if i knew the id of the stone and then the value i would not be standing here of course i dint say that ,just gave vague numbers,they are a bit intimidating.My experience with high end labs like a lotus and now grs was wierd and intimidating.I still dont know if one is allowed to question these labs and do they even bother answering or do they have disclaimers.

[Barbra Voltaire, FGG]

May I suggest you start investing your time in some solid gemological information.

Read through Barbara Smigel's old course:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210126021 ... igel.info/

Read through my old Gemology Project pages here:
https://gemologyproject.com/wiki/index. ... o_Gemology

There are some IGI courses offered in Dubai:
https://www.igi.org/location/united-arab-emirates/

[Bobby]

Thank you so much ,will definitely go through it.