innerkitten
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innerkitten
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elmo
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Is this for your sapphire?
The two top US labs that specialize in color are AGL and AGTA.
Both will issue a report with the very basic info (weight and dimensions) and that indicate natural/synthetic and any treatments or lack thereof.
For an additional fee both will give their opinion about origin.
AGL will also grade cut, color, and clarity; and give an overall quality grade.
Figure on roughly $300 for 2-3 carats, $450 just under 5. AGTA has a fees list up on their website http://www.agta.org; AGL has no website...give them a call.
The two top US labs that specialize in color are AGL and AGTA.
Both will issue a report with the very basic info (weight and dimensions) and that indicate natural/synthetic and any treatments or lack thereof.
For an additional fee both will give their opinion about origin.
AGL will also grade cut, color, and clarity; and give an overall quality grade.
Figure on roughly $300 for 2-3 carats, $450 just under 5. AGTA has a fees list up on their website http://www.agta.org; AGL has no website...give them a call.
innerkitten
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Yes it would be for the sapphire that I'm thinking of getting. They don't have certificates so I would have to do it myself. They are a wholesaler to a few jewelry stores here and several other states. I have spoken to some of the stores they supply to here in the city ( San Francisco) , They have been buying stones from them for years and say they totally trust them as a supplier.
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One store said they used to certify everystone in the store but now they don't, I'm not sure why.
p.p.s They don't usually sell to the public but I just happen to live near and work near the places they sell to and stay at whenever they come to San Francisco, which is a few times a year. We actually met for coffee and talked and I got a good feeling from them.
p. s.
One store said they used to certify everystone in the store but now they don't, I'm not sure why.
p.p.s They don't usually sell to the public but I just happen to live near and work near the places they sell to and stay at whenever they come to San Francisco, which is a few times a year. We actually met for coffee and talked and I got a good feeling from them.
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