Report Verification Center

A laboratory report is only valuable if it is authentic and matches the stone. Learn how to verify certificates from GIA, AGL, Gübelin, and others.

Verify a gemstone laboratory report

Official report-check destinations

Navigate independently to the issuing laboratory's official domain rather than trusting a seller-provided QR code or link.

Four-step verification workflow

  1. Navigate independently to the official laboratory domain.
  2. Compare the laboratory's digital record with the document supplied by the seller.
  3. Compare identity, weight, measurements, comments, treatment findings, report date, and any photograph or inscription, allowing for documented measurement tolerances and later work.
  4. If information appears inconsistent, pause the transaction or avoid altering the item and ask the issuing laboratory or an independent qualified gemologist for guidance.

What a report does not prove

Confirming a digital record does not prove that the seller owns the stone, that the current physical stone is the one examined, that its condition is unchanged, or that it has a particular value, provenance, chain of custody, or ethical history. An appraisal is a separate assignment prepared for a stated purpose; ask your insurer what documentation it requires.

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