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Laboratory reports
How a laboratory report is structured and what each entry means.
- Understanding a laboratory reportA laboratory report is a gemstone's most important document. Which information it contains, how to read it and what it does not say.Read more
- IdentificationIdentification is the first and most important statement in a report: which material is this? Why every word in it counts.Read more
- Species and varietyRuby and sapphire are the same mineral, and so are emerald and aquamarine. What species and variety mean and why the boundary is sometimes debated.Read more
- Treatment and enhancementThe treatment field in a report is often the one most relevant to value. How to read its wording – and why a missing statement proves nothing.Read more
- OriginThe origin statement in a report is a reasoned expert opinion, not a certainty. How it is reached, how it is worded and where its limits lie.Read more
- VerificationA report is only worth as much as its link to the stone. How to check that a report is genuine and belongs to exactly this stone.Read more