How To Verify Your Gemological Report?

Gemstone reports are proof that the gemstones that you are buying are real and authentic. The gemstones are expensive, beautiful and powerful. They only work when they are natural and are a good investment when authentic only. The best way to ensure that the gemstone you are buying is original is the gemological report that the gemstone dealers provide you with along with the gemstone. 

These gem identification reports are from reputable laboratories like Gubelin, GRS, GIA, ICI, IGA, etc. But how to know for sure that the report you have is real and not fake?

Well, there is a way to verify it and make sure that you have the real gemological report gem certificate. Know it here. 

How To Check Your Gemstone Lab Certificate?

How to Tell if a Gem is Real? - The best is through lab-certificate. 

But How do you know if the gemstone lab certificate is real? Well, it is not a hard task to accomplish. You can check if the gemstone report provided by your gemstone seller is real or fake from your laptop or phone at your home. 

The reputable laboratories all over the world provide these reports to the gemstone dealers as well as feed them in their data and provide it online. You just have to enter the report number in the feed. 

You have to go to the official website of the laboratory, there you will get the option of gemstone report verification on the home page itself. You have to click the ‘gemstone report verification’ button and you will be redirected to a page where you will be asked to fill in the report number. 

Once you will fill in the report number and click enter, your report will be displayed on the screen. If your report is not displayed or the screen says no data found, then your gemstone report is fake. 

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Report Verification Process - Step-By-Step

Let's take an example and go with step by step process so that you can get a better idea of how to check your gemstone report or lab-certificate.  

We are going to take a blue sapphire stone from the inventory of Navratan:

Let's take this 0.51-carat Kashmir blue sapphire for example. 

This is the lab certificate that we are providing with the gemstone to ensure the authenticity of the stone. As you can see in the image, the gem certificate was made on 13th December 2022. It is a natural sapphire of 0.51 carats in oval shape. The cut and dimensions are also mentioned in the gem identification report along with the origin and the signature from an authority of GRS. 

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GRS stands for GemResearch Swiss Lab, which is one of the most recognisable laboratories in the world, acknowledged worldwide. 

How to check the gemstone certificate of GRS is mentioned here, you can check of other gem labs similarly.

Step 1 - Visit the official website of GRS Gem Labs. 

Step 2 - On the home page, you will find the option - “Gemstone report Verification”. 

Step 4 - Fill in the details provided on your gemstone certificate. 

I have filled in the details of the neelam stone I have mentioned above. 

Step 5 - After filling in all the details, tick the mark on the check box to ensure that you agree to the terms of the License Agreement. And then press “verify Report,” which is given just below. Scroll a little to find the button.

Your gemstone report will be displayed, and all the details that are mentioned in the report will be shown on your screen same to same. You can download the report as well.

If you do not find your lab report or if the laboratory is local and not much recognised, there is a high chance that the gemstone you have bought is not real and the report is fake as well. 

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So make sure that when you are buying a gem, the laboratory certificate that you are provided by the dealer is from a reputable and recognized laboratory. Always cross-check your laboratory certification or report to ensure its authenticity. The online gemstone certificate check is essential.