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smdl
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Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
I noticed a lot more lab created Saphires and Rubies.
What is the difference with the real stones?
Is it like lab created diamonds vs the real thing?
Can you still find real Saphire, Ruby and Emerald stones jewelry?
If so, do you have to go to particular jeweler/places to get those stones?
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Lucky09
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
I'm not sure - but I was shopping in a jewelry store recently and almost ALL of their gemstones (Sapphires - my birthstone) were lab created.
The salesperson steered me away from them for some reason... Maybe lab-created is a nicer way to say "fake"?
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| Posted 12/15/08 1:05 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
I lost an emerlad out of a family heirloom and my Mom replaced it with a man made one- you can't tell the difference
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| Posted 12/15/08 1:21 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
I know real rubies are cloudy in color and the man-made ones are clear.
Maybe that's true for the others?
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| Posted 12/15/08 1:40 PM |
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LoveyQ
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
I believe lab-created = man made = fake. Or they might be partially real stones that they've enhanced?
Either way, so long as you love the way it looks, who cares!
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| Posted 12/15/08 2:21 PM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
real sapphires and rubies are found in nature- they are mined. Rubies and Sapphires are actually similar- Rubies are actually red sapphires.
Just like diamonds, sapphires and rubies can have inclusions and flaws. Man Made, Lab Created stones do not.
Sapphires and Rubies are easily created in the lab, which is why they are plentiful and rather inexpensive. There are other gems, like Emeralds, which are in the Beryl family, that are harder to create in the lab. Usuallly, Emeralds aren't created in the lab at all...
As a PP poster stated, Rubies do oftentimes have a cloudy appearance.. all rubies have natural inclusions in them. Rubies w/o these inclusions are definitely man created. The finest rubies are found in Myanmar (Burma).
Sapphires are pretty much any color in the rainbow- but the perfect blue stones are the most expensive... to find the perfect blue in nature is rather rare, hence why they are often lab created. A bright blue stone with a low price tag is almost ALWAYS lab created.
If you like the look of the jewelry, go for it... the only thing I would think of is that lab created jewels don't have the "heirloom" quality that mined jewels have.
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smdl
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
Just like I would not buy "fake" diamonds, I don't really want a lab created gem.
Don't they sell the real thing anymore?
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| Posted 12/15/08 3:22 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
Posted by smdl
Just like I would not buy "fake" diamonds, I don't really want a lab created gem.
Don't they sell the real thing anymore?
They do - are you going to chain jewelry stores? I find they have more of the man-made stuff. I'd go to a "regular" jewelry store.
eta: I highly recommend Good Old Gold in Massapequa (don't know if you're in NY or on LI) - they're also a vendor on LIW.
Message edited 12/15/2008 3:35:10 PM.
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Sassyz75
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
Posted by Jenn627
Posted by smdl
Just like I would not buy "fake" diamonds, I don't really want a lab created gem.
Don't they sell the real thing anymore?
They do - are you going to chain jewelry stores? I find they have more of the man-made stuff. I'd go to a "regular" jewelry store.
eta: I highly recommend Good Old Gold in Massapequa (don't know if you're in NY or on LI) - they're also a vendor on LIW.
Good Old Gold has wonderful jewelry- I got a beautiful ring from them- good suggestion!
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| Posted 12/15/08 3:37 PM |
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
Posted by smdl
Just like I would not buy "fake" diamonds, I don't really want a lab created gem.
Don't they sell the real thing anymore?
When DH went ring shopping he had to wait a couple of weeks for them to find the perfect ruby for me. They gave him a few options and he chose which one he liked best.
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| Posted 12/15/08 3:51 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
Posted by Sassyz75
Posted by Jenn627
Posted by smdl
Just like I would not buy "fake" diamonds, I don't really want a lab created gem.
Don't they sell the real thing anymore?
They do - are you going to chain jewelry stores? I find they have more of the man-made stuff. I'd go to a "regular" jewelry store.
eta: I highly recommend Good Old Gold in Massapequa (don't know if you're in NY or on LI) - they're also a vendor on LIW.
Good Old Gold has wonderful jewelry- I got a beautiful ring from them- good suggestion!
I have to go there to sell some gold. Good to know about that store.
Thanks!
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| Posted 12/15/08 4:03 PM |
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Re: Let's talk Jewerly and lab-created gems
Posted by smdl
Posted by Sassyz75
Posted by Jenn627
Posted by smdl
Just like I would not buy "fake" diamonds, I don't really want a lab created gem.
Don't they sell the real thing anymore?
They do - are you going to chain jewelry stores? I find they have more of the man-made stuff. I'd go to a "regular" jewelry store.
eta: I highly recommend Good Old Gold in Massapequa (don't know if you're in NY or on LI) - they're also a vendor on LIW.
Good Old Gold has wonderful jewelry- I got a beautiful ring from them- good suggestion!
I have to go there to sell some gold. Good to know about that store.
Thanks!
I love that place. I got my rings there and DH came home with a bag for me for Christmas from there. 
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