The following information appears on the back of each Emerald Report:

Legal Limitations

The simple philosophy of direct communication and trust between client and purveyor has the immediate effect of negating the need for long legal limitations in small print. Ringsrud Gemology adheres to that philosophy and stands behind our work.

Emerald Information

Small microscopic fissures are common to emerald due to their crystal nature and current mining methods. Since this is normal for almost all emeralds, small fissures are considered insignificant unless they affect the clarity grade or unless they appear on the surface of more than 20% of the facets of the stone. 20% is 9 or more facets in most emerald cuts (which usually have 41 facets).

In the processing that takes place during cutting and polishing, emerald fissures that reach the surface (if any) are masked with a colorless oil to reduce the visibility of those fissures. This simple and low-tech process is accepted by the gem industry and is called clarity enhancement which may be minor, moderate or heavy. Enhancements are industry-accepted processes for fashioning, polishing and finishing a gemstone while 'treatments' are more extreme procedures to alter the gemstone which require disclosure to the purchasing public.

The final customer of this stone should note that the above mentioned enhancement affects clarity only. Emerald color is unenhanced and remains natural.

Every gemstone is unique - with its own series of internal and external characteristics. Fissures are counted and their location is taken into account. Cutting and color concentrations are analyzed. The skilled grader takes into consideration the nature, location, and number of these characteristics to assign each stone its clarity grade and degree of enhancement. Color analysis is done by judging color observed through the crown of the stone under controlled lighting conditions.

Connoisseurship Disclosure

This report is limited, as are all certificates and reports, to objective criteria only. It is only meant to validate the genuineness and quality of the gemstone tested. The allure, timelessness, uniqueness, wholeness, and fineness of a gemstone are out of place on a scientific report and can only be experienced in quiet moments of simple undistracted visual appreciation of the stone. The purpose of the conclusions on the other side of this report is to attest to the genuineness and soundness of the stone, thereby putting the intellect at rest. When viewing the stone with a quiet intellect, a condition is created which allows the mind, heart and senses to deeply enjoy the wholeness and allure of the piece. This is the true definition of connoisseurship. A gem report or certificate is only the first small step towards that; this disclosure seeks to define those limitations.

True connoisseurship of a gem involves not only the intellect but also the heart (or in modern language: not only the left but also the right brain hemispheres; not only the objective but also the subjective). With critical objectivity taken care of by the report, the wholeness of the mind is free to identify with the wholeness of the gem. The definition of allure and wholeness, rather than sought in a dictionary, can be effortlessly experienced by gazing into a fine gem.

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