Fake Jade with Fake Certificate from China

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 07:19:41 +0000

A couple of months ago while I was browsing through my social media feeds, a post from the Taiwan Central Gem Laboratory caught my attention with pictures of what appears to be two jade cabochon rings with certificates. But the stones were dismounted from the setting and the background of the picture was littered with green coloured scrapings. The immediate thought that came to mind was someone has been scammed, again. And probably lost a whole lot of money. To protect the jade industry and our consumers from these cunning tricks, I will attempt to debunk the practices of these deceitful jade sellers in this article; explaining how even a trained gemologist can be deceived.