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They had quartzite jade on again I think yesterday if memory serves.

I had a look in and saw Angeline flogging a multi sapphire ring for £699 which I have seen previously for 425. Nice little profit. Maybe Angeline thinks she is so adored by her fans that they will pay ANYTHING. I hope she’s not right. If so I can only wonder why.

Yes it is just for more expensive items.. Obviously if they are cheap items then it’s not important to them to push up the price. I’m baffled as to how you saw a message quoting a reserve price as they go to great lengths to maintain that there is no reserve price. As for the same initials...

They have had many many complaints about these auctions. When they used to have a customer forum they had complaints all the time. They are blatantly dishonest. Lots of the bids are not real bids at all. If you look regularly you’ll get to know the initials of these. If after all the obstacles...

It was towards the end of the 9-10 hour. I wrote the message straight after. Couldn’t believe it after everything.

Anyone else see Adina on now flogging Paraiba tourmaline. She said twice “natural “ Paraiba with no heat treatment. That’s not what it said on the details where it said H. They just can’t help themselves.

The Ethiopian ones are lovely but I’m always afraid they will change colour as they are so absorbent.

Thank you . It’s really great to have the opinion of people who collect stones. You are concentrating on the actual gem. I missed the rubies but I saw you all seemed to like their coober Pedy opal pendants with the darkish backgrounds so I bought one of those. I don’t believe a word that the...

What do the collectors who know about gems think of their purple sapphires which are being shown on gem collector at the moment. I know it is an expensive stone so are their prices ok .

I couldn’t agree more. Was watching gems the other evening and it occurred to me that their sales spiel now has nothing to do with having something pretty to wear and enjoy and all to do with “investment” prospects. I think there’s a place in jewellery collections for all sorts of items from...

Adina is on at the moment waxing lyrical about what they are calling “paraiba topaz” and showing the usual pictures of high end Paraiba tourmaline for huge prices. Bad enough you might think but when I looked them up online THEY'RE COATED. Surely that’s not legal.

I saw some of that. Isn’t it supposed to be 999 silver as opposed to 925.

It’s beautiful.

Thanks again for all the info. I used to buy with confidence from gems but seeing the rubbish they talk particularly about jade has dented my confidence. That bit about the GIA v. EGL is particularly useful. One thing that they say is true though , when you go into a high street jewellers they...

I’m glad I found this group. I really know very little about gems.. I always have to like the item but you know the way it is. I don’t like to think I’ve been had. On the other hand I know enough not to pay any attention to their legacy nonsense and comparing their stuff to designer names where...