LeatherAqeeq Stone has lots of mental and physical benefits that we explained in Aqeeq Stone post. Due to this stone’s perfect powers, it is one of the most popular gemstones in the Jewelry world. However, because of big demand and limited sources (especially in the current situation of Yemen) there are lots of fake sellers at the market. In this article, we will try to help you guide to avoid fake aqeeq stone sellers.
If you check the internet to find answers to “How to Detect Real Aqeeq” or “How to understand real aqeeq” you will find lots of videos or articles about that. If you are bored and need some fun you can find lots of funny techniques there. Some of them use lighters, others use mobile phone lights!! 🙂 Unbelievable!
Aqeeq is known as a gemstone like other gemstones and they are called semi-precious gemstones. And none of the precious or semi-precious gemstones couldn’t be tested with mobile phone flashlight or lighter. This is an old tactic founded by fake sellers to persuade buyers that their fake stones are real. Generally, they show two types of stones to compare light passes. Please don’t believe them. Today GIA or other regular Gemstone Laboratories invest over 2 million dollars in their industrial equipment and machines. So if they can detect real gemstones with phone lights why do they need to make investments in this equipment? As well as how they can open laboratories if everybody can test by themselves with a lighter or mobile phone light at home.
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How to Detect Real Gemstones?
If you need to detect real gemstones first of all please be sure that you can not do it at home with your lighter or mobile phone lights. All gemstones have the same standard tests to detect if it is real or not. Also, each gemstone has its own special deep tests to understand quality, origin and type.
Standard tests for all gemstones are as below:
- Hardness Test
- Light Effect Analysis
- Microscopic Analysis
- Color Analysis
- Spectral Analysis
After that results a gemologist can give accurate and certain information for gemstone originality. They are standard tests and if need more information about origin and quality need to apply phase 2 tests which change due to each type of gemstone.
How to find Real Gemstones?
As a result, it is not possible to understand by yourself if a stone is real or not. However, you can still buy real gemstone jewelry with below rules;
- Don’t Buy From Ebay – Etsy or Other Marketplaces: Marketplaces are good for finding something with the cheapest price. Competition is very high there because you don’t need any qualifications to sell there. Marketplaces like Ebay or Etsy prepare everything for you. So you just need to put a picture of the product, write some description and price. Thats all. Because of that most home-based sellers as well as people who want to make additional income there. However, there are lots of sellers and lots of competition. Sellers at there trying to give you the best prices. So they don’t have another chance to sell you fake or low-quality products to make some profit. Also, they don’t care about reputation because they are not brands. If they will get lots of bad feedback they will close that account and open a new one. Simple like that. However, you are looking for Jewelry. Jewelry must be high quality. It is the nature of Jewels. So Ebay – Kingdom of Fake – is not for you.
- Prices Are Important: From the beginning of trade high quality products are more expensive than low quality ones. Prices should be a guide for you if you are not an expert. For jewelry, it is precious pieces. So it is simple. If someone asking for $50 and another $150, there should be a difference.
- Cash on Delivery Service Offers: If a company offers you to pay at the door, you can be sure that you will not get good quality products. Today if you want to offer your customer Visa / Mastercard payment, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, or Google Pay you should be a legal company and make an agreement with these payment processors and give them a warranty for refunds. However, if a company offers you a cash on delivery service it means you will not see the item before cash payment to the courier and signing documents. After that signature, if you get low quality product you don’t have anyone to complain to because you made the payment to the courier and it is not refundable after this point. They don’t have anything to do. So if a company offers you cash on delivery, probably they are selling fake or low quality products. Nobody sends their precious jewelry before getting payment. It is Jewelry which is no different than cash.
- Pictures of Products: Some internet sellers don’t use their own pictures because they don’t have their own pictures, even more, they don’t have products. You can be sure that they don’t have good quality pieces in their inventory. They are just putting images and if someone buys they will find the cheapest at the market and send you. So this product doesn’t have real gemstones of course. Be sure that product pictures have logos and not studio (photoshopped) shots.
- Buy From Brand: Brands have responsibilities. Reputations are most important for brands. Sellers at marketplaces don’t care for branding because their target is to sell and get some profits for today, not the future. However, brands want to keep their names for long years. That means brands give you a warranty not only for their terms & conditions but also for their reputations. Marketplace sellers just wait to pass the allowed return dates.
HERE IS SOME SAMPLE FEEDBACK FOR EBAY SELLERS WHO CAN RECOGNISE FAKE STONES THERE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfPPu-Pglxs
Do you have any branch in Khobar / Dammam -Saudi Arabia.
You can order online only
Can i get an red aqeeq ring in Bangladesh? If yes
What would be The total cost and how Could i pay?
You can order online. We have free worldwide express shipping. You can pay via Credit / Debit card, PayPal or Amazon Pay.
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How much will be for the aqeeq and how am I going to be sure if it’s original or no ?
Please reply me as soon as s you can I really looking for right supplier
Hi, Does your stone get scratches or looses shine after use ?
I was planning to buy “Oval Big Black Aqeeq Knit Pattern Silver Ring”
Buy not sure how to check my ring size can you help?
Do you have any other ring which is a little smaller in stone size ?
Will be waiting for your response.
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Thank you for contacting Boutique Ottoman. https://www.boutiqueottoman.com/ring-size-chart/ for finding out your ring size. Our product range is really wide. Visit our Website https://www.boutiqueottoman.com
I am planning to purchase an aqeeq ring for the right pinky finger of a brother. When I measured his pinky finger the size was around 4.5 US size. Because of the stone would you recommend I purchase one size bigger or would one size bigger be too loose?
Hard rock geologist or gemologist can test the fake or real mineral / stone.
Hardness test using Moho geological test.
These minerals specifically Agate/ Aqeeq are silicates of calcium and sodium, have lighter or intermediate color, opaque, hardness of 7 or more using Moho hardness scale.
Do u ship to Singapore? Any certificate given for authentication?
We ship worldwide via Express Courrier. Shipping is free of charge. All products comes with certificate.