When an Authenticated Shipping order is placed for an item that includes gemstones, it will pass into the expert care of our gemologists. Below you’ll find useful guidelines that will help you when buying items that include gemstones on Vestiaire Collective.

To ensure that, as a Buyer, you know as much as possible about the gem(s) you are ordering, our expert team of gemologists will:

• With the exception of diamonds, distinguish precious stones from semi-precious and decorative stones;
• Distinguish natural stones from imitation or synthetic stones (e.g. Fluorite, Spinel, Synthetic Spinel Verneuil process, Garnet, Quartz, Beryl, Tourmaline, Topaz, Peridot, Chrysoberyl, Corundum, Synthetic process Corundum Verneuil, Zircon, Chalcedony, imitation stones);
• Verify all the most common stones used in jewellery (eg Fluorite, Spinel, Garnet, Quartz, Beryl, Tourmaline, Topaz, Peridot, Chrysoberyl, Corundum, Zircon, Chalcedony);
• Identify any inclusions of natural gems.

💡 Good to know: When we talk about “inclusions” in gemstones, we are talking about any materials naturally trapped within a mineral as it forms. This could be crystals, gas bubbles, or even tiny fractures - all these are called “inclusions”.

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