Help me understand this report please

Hello everyone,

I had found this forum and I thought this would be the perfect place to learn about pearls. Also in the hopes to understand what is being said in this report.

These pearls were seen in the shops, and I wish to understand what is being said about them from the report. They are a bit pricy (around $28,000 aud) so I wish to know if I am buying for what it's worth. I have put a deposit down before I commit to it.

I don't understand what Optical Character "AGG" means. Also, fluoresce is stated as none to strong. Does that mean some of the pearls are treated?

What are your options on this report and it's reported product? What questions should I ask the assistant before I pay for the rest of the cost?

Thank you for reading.

I would like to add, someone had just told me the certificate is fake. The company doesn't exist, and the rue address is just some house in Bayside. This is bringing red flags and alarm bells.

The report states the pearls are natural. I'm thinking they are cultured. Jeremy???

That is not an independent laboratory report.

The certificate says they're natural, but that's not the case - unless it is a reference to the color, which is likely natural.

I've never heard of Jubille International. There is no reference to them in Google search.

It looks like a nice piece if the colors (which they appear to be) and the gold is 18k. But I would not give any weight to the certificate in determining whether or not to buy the piece. It's inaccurate at best, completely fake at worst.

Umm, lots of funny little typos on the certificate, methinks not a genuine one...

NIM7 said:

I would like to add, someone had just told me the certificate is fake. The company doesn't exist, and the rue address is just some house in Bayside. This is bringing red flags and alarm bells.

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This intrigued me because the address is in a residential neighborhood in Queens not too far from where I grew up. Oddly the phone number belongs or belonged to a business in the Diamond District. I found a link to a FB page with a Chinese jewelry pawn business and pictures of diamond jewelry, some with reports from Jubille. It's obvious that they tried to evaluate pearls on a form measuring the qualities of diamonds. Even their diamond reports are not by a certified lab or gemologist. It's meaningless paper.

pearlgirl12 said:

This intrigued me because the address is in a residential neighborhood in Queens not too far from where I grew up. Oddly the phone number belongs or belonged to a business in the Diamond District. I found a link to a FB page with a Chinese jewelry pawn business and pictures of diamond jewelry, some with reports from Jubille. It's obvious that they tried to evaluate pearls on a form measuring the qualities of diamonds. Even their diamond reports are not by a certified lab or gemologist. It's meaningless paper.

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That is interesting information. Yeah, I have not proceeded with this purchase. I will be buying Paspaley in Australia instead. Safer, and guaranteed beautiful pearls. I will be looking to getting their "LAVALIER" range and choosing their perfect rounds.

You cannot go wrong with Paspaley!!! Lavalier especially are TDF!!! Great choice and lucky you ;-)

pearlgirl12 said:

This intrigued me because the address is in a residential neighborhood in Queens not too far from where I grew up. Oddly the phone number belongs or belonged to a business in the Diamond District. I found a link to a FB page with a Chinese jewelry pawn business and pictures of diamond jewelry, some with reports from Jubille. It's obvious that they tried to evaluate pearls on a form measuring the qualities of diamonds. Even their diamond reports are not by a certified lab or gemologist. It's meaningless paper.

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That’s a pretty interesting rabbit hole. The address/phone-number mismatch would definitely make me want to dig a little deeper before putting much weight on any of the paperwork.

I agree with your main point about the reports, though I’d phrase it a little cautiously. Pearls aren’t properly evaluated using the same system as diamonds. GIA, for example, has a separate pearl classification system based on seven factors: size, shape, color, luster, surface quality, nacre quality, and matching.

So if someone is presenting a pearl evaluation that essentially looks like a diamond 4Cs report, that would certainly raise my eyebrows. A report from an unknown or non-independent organization isn't necessarily worthless, but it shouldn't be treated as equivalent to an independent gemological laboratory report.

The same goes for the diamond paperwork. A legitimate independent report should be verifiable with the issuing laboratory. GIA, for example, maintains a report database and describes its diamond grading as an independent assessment of the stone's characteristics.

Honestly, the Facebook page you found would make me even more curious about the whole operation. The combination of a residential address, a phone number associated with the Diamond District, jewelry/pawn activity, and questionable-looking documentation is enough that I'd want to establish exactly who actually examined the stones and what qualifications they have before accepting the reports at face value.

That doesn't automatically mean anything fraudulent is going on, of course. But with pearls in particular, I'd much rather see a proper pearl identification/classification report than a homemade-looking "grading certificate."