I only have one of the certificates, I can’t find the others. I can post a front and back picture.
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This QR code scans to the screen you posted, so at least it’s not a dud. It’s impossible to tell the authenticity of the certificate but it’s more likely to be genuine since it leads to an actual site.
I have to rescan the other QR codes. Apparently it has to be zoomed in a lot in order for the scanner to pick them up and I wasn’t doing that before. PLEASE DO NOT PANIC, it might just all be a misunderstanding and error on my part.
I think either way, I am going to send one of my bangles from each seller, to get tested. I don’t like it, especially since mail is sometimes unreliable, but it may be the best option.
The site looks legitimate to me. I just looked up how to verify the jadeite certificates from China and I was given this website but perhaps each lab reports their own certificates and the site I was given was either a dud or not applicable to certificates issued China-wide.
That is a good idea, Alex. I still think they are genuine. There can’t be so many buyers and not one of them has caught a fake. You can tell right away, even from the picture. The problem is treated bangles but yours are clearly not treated either.
Please don’t let me be the reason you panic and incur extra expense. I’m only here to learn, help and provide any insight amongst all the jade lovers.
Oh no worries! Thank you for even checking! It’s always best to know and suspect than be caught surprised. For the time being, I will only purchase from ultimatejadeite. At least until I can verify that the jadeite I have from other sellers is grade A jadeite.
This site looks legitimate. The text in red says that many certificates have not been registered because they are upgrading their system. It doesn’t say when the upgrade will be complete.
I don’t suspect that the pieces you have aren’t genuine jadeite, Alex. It’s just the certificates that might be questionable but I wasn’t zooming in enough to scan the QR codes earlier so it wasn’t detecting and also, I just discovered that the site provided from my Google search (verify jadeite certificates from China) might not be for continent-wide.
I am such a DUMMY. I didn’t read the top of the website that I found via Google. This particular website is for a lab in Guangzhou only. Major face palm. I’m really sorry but it looks like it was an error on my part in terms of assuming it was a China-wide certificate registry.
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Mine had a cert from Zhong Gong Gem Testing Centre, and did check out on the web. I also saw that Rock auctions lists it as a reputable certificate https://www.gemrockauctions.com/lea...stones/approved-gemstone-testing-laboratories
It’s always better to be safe than sorry. I don’t like dishonesty from businesses so I always do my due diligence. We have an expensive hobby and I don’t want goods from a dishonest seller, no matter how genuine the product is. It affects the energies from the piece, imho.
As a Canadian born Chinese, I am very skeptical of things that come out of China and rightfully so. I have spoken to several people from mainland China and even they admit, fraud and fakes are everywhere, no matter what it may be.
As a Canadian born Chinese, I am very skeptical of things that come out of China and rightfully so. I have spoken to several people from mainland China and even they admit, fraud and fakes are everywhere, no matter what it may be.
