Let's Test Gemstones! Presidium Gem Tester II (PGT II) - Testing Emerald, Diamond, Sapphire, Garnet
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- Presidium Gem Tester II. I'll unbox it and show how it works to test gemstones from emeralds and diamonds, to sapphires and rubies, as well as other gemstones.
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Amethyst are more bluish purple while garnets are more reddish purple. The stones in your two rings look *very* different, and the garnet is unmistakably a garnet.
The only question is which variety of garnet it is, as there are quite a few in the red/purple range. No gem tester can determine that, though.
Hi Margaret! Thank you for sharing !!
The yellow/orange tinged ring in question could possibly be Hessonite garnet or in the garnet family. Also, the ring with the purplish-red stone could also be garnet....
I'm basing my guess by looking at the Presidum Gem Test and a reference source entitled "Gems of the World", by Cally Oldershaw. According to Oldershaw, there are more than 10 different garnets, red varieties being most common, while more expensive varieties tend to be green or yellow.
I love this because it helps us explore and discover new information about gemstones and jewelry. Thanks again Margaret. Fun!!!
Kim Lucas, :) Thank you very much!! :) I'm learning too! That's what makes this all so fun! :)
They are sometimes called ant hill garnets because they are often found on the edges of ant hills.
Cool!
The ants actually bring them to the surface
Mozambique garnets read very purple. Interesting video, don't think I'll be purchasing a presidium at this time, but maybe in the future. Thanks for the informative video!
NolaCollectibles, :) Thank you very much!! :)
Yes garnets come in every color from pale purple to dark red and green which is the rarest. I lived by a creek full of purple garnet in the rocks :)
Sounds like a beautiful creek, Mary-Anne, :) Thank you very much!! :)
I have some corrections of gemstone from diamond to Tanzanite and many more. Live in iowa
I know this videos a few years old but would you recommend list gemstone tester now after using it for a while just asking cuz I'm in the market and looking for one
OK. The way I've thought and now what I have read in a gem book is that both garnets and tourmaline come in many different colors. The book I'm looking at right now says garnets can range from from green-yellow-brown-red and has color streaks of white. The Mohs' hardness of a garnet is 6.5 to 7.5. In the tourmaline group the colors can be colorless, pink, red, yellow, brown, green, blue, violet, black or multicolored. The color of streaks are white. The Mohs hardness is 7 to 7.5. Wow, right? As if that isn't enough, iolite can be blue, violet, brownish with color streaks of white and a Mohs' hardness of 7-7.5. 😳🤪 What?? I just bought a Presdium II also. I debated for weeks on getting the Presdium or the other one offered on Amazon, the Smartpro. The reason I debated was because the Smartpro had lines and numbers across the top showing the hardness...at least we could guess the hardness, right? This video proves my thoughts, but there were very few reviews and from what research I did do, Presidium seemed the top brand. I've only had mine a couple of weeks so maybe I should return for the Smartpro and we could compare notes. One thing I did read in my researching was to gently wipe the tip of the nib on a piece of paper. I also read to wait about 20 seconds before using the pen for another test. I had the same problem that you were having today when it was changing stone types on you. Once I very lightly touched the nib to a piece of paper and then waited about 20 seconds before the next test, I would get the original reading again. I don't know if this helped any. If it did, please explain it back to me! I'm still confused! 🤣 If I exchange my tester, I'll let you know. If the Smartpro doesn't seem any better, I'll either get the Presidium again or wash my hands of them and take a gem class! TFS❤
Thanks so much, Belinda!
I wish there was a list of where peridot and adverturine lands on the Presidium.
How do you know if they’re moissanite and not diamonds?
Exactly?
it looks like the orange stone that's landing in the garnet range could be an orange garnet that's known as spessartite garnet.
Oooh! Nice
I'm learning much on this channel. Thank you!!! ❤
You are so welcome!
Presidium is good for testing to make sure the gemstones are not glass or CZ. I found out this the hard way when I sold a ruby bracelet that turned out to be a Lab Ruby and had to refund the buyer.
A lab-created ruby *is* an authentic ruby. It has the exact same chemical composition. Ditto for other gemstones. That’s why it tested as ruby.
Unless you sold the bracelet as a *natural* ruby piece, you described it accurately - although, of course, it’s always better to specify if it’s natural or lab-created.
Even the best-trained and most highly experienced gemologists often have trouble distinguishing between natural and lab-made stones, though, even with far more sophisticated instruments, so don’t for a nanosecond believe that *you* should have been able to.
What you are looking to do with a gem tester is to ensure that you do not have a faux stone, a simulant, glass, etc.
It’s a shame you gave up your sale. I hope you did not resell the bracelet to someone else at a lower price.
It does look like a garnet on camera. It looks like a deep red.
Thank you!
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And how much price
I have a rhodolite garnet ring, also known as a raspberry garnet. It tested between ruby and sapphire on my jewelers Presidium gem tester.
In Idaho, I’ve mined for Garnet that is purple.
So cool!!
what does the red "CAL" mean on the tester?
I really appreciate you for this video
Please can we trust this instruments. Please i want to know how accurate is this instruments
Very helpful! Thanks! Well worth my time!
Megan, :) Thank you very much!! :)
Would crystals and cubic zirconia fall on the "glass" reading?
I think so. I double check with ones I know are...
Yes garnet comes in many colors. Look up garnet types. Is all :)
hello my dear, sorry me i am need thes presidium Gem Tester II (PGT II), how much in my coutery, i am in Tanzania East Africa
Definately a garnet. There are yellow garnets as well. The yellow stone may be a garnet.
Thank you!
Rhodolite garnet? They are more rose colored. Garnets come in many shades.
Thanks so much, Nancy Goerlich!
I goofed, I didn’t mine, I panned! A lot of fun, except to get dirty!!!
Sounds fun!
With the ring that you think is amethyst/garnet I read that with this tester it's best to have a flat surface to test. Round gems are difficult to read. Maybe try to test from the back where the hole is.
The dark purple stone looks like Rhodolite Garnet
Red garnets I believe are called almadin and there are even green garnets the purple garnets are pyrope
Does it test opal?
That ring doesn’t look like an amethyst ring and it is testing as a garnet. Yes, purple garnets do exist.
Hello sir. How much for one Presidium $?
I think it's a garnet. I have the same gem tester. I find it very useful.
Karen Leabo, :) Thank you very much! I'm really enjoying it. :)
Awesome Video!!!! Thanks For Sharing...
Thank you!
That could be a rhodolite garnet, they're purple-red.
Site to buy dis tester
Purple garnet for sure.
Price of tester?
For sure, garnet. They range in tone from dark red to purple-y maroon.
And according to other comments below, other colors as well! I’ve learned something today. :)
shinyshinythings, :) Thank you very much!! :)
How do you double check the stones in question?
I'll search differences & ask in the group
Yours penalty suite emerald very nice
ps garnets come in all shades of purple :) Not just light .
Thank you!
The place is called Emerald Creek. I guess you can only find these in India and in this part of Idaho.
Sweet!!
Your garnet may be a pyrope garnet,some are mined in Arizona.
We have purple garnets here in B.C. Canada as well :)
Thank you, Shawn Mulleady!
@@mary-anneswanson9931 bc here too. :)
My gem tester saved me when I was buying what was listed as real …only to be tested as glass …so it has already paid for itself
It's definitely a garnet they're called pyrope can find them in Idaho
The Red one could be rhodolite garnet.
Rhodolite garnet
8:22 , YOU CAN SEE THE NEEDLE BOUNCEING OUT OF THE BLACK LINE., I'D SAY MORE PROOF THE 'garnet 's glass. More proof 9:44 the glass ring bounces at the same place. Merely commenting, no offence meant.
Oh and I think chrysoprase is pronounced like “kris oh praise”?
Thank you!
Price ?
Yes there are purple garnet
Garnet.
Its purple tourmaline not purple garrnet.
yup there are purple garnets pyrope, omgoodness there are some really purple garnets
Rhyannon P, :) Thank you very much!! :)
Pesidium price plz
It could be a rhodolite garnet.
Thank you!
That yellow could be a garnet some really nice yellow Spessartite garnets coming out of Tanzania. I have a pair I am needing to get put in settings. so do not be quick to think it glass. oh and the purple definitely looks like a Rhodolite.
IaruHetep, Thank you so much!
Emerald like it very nice. Ok
Tester price ?
$200ish
I am in Istanbul in Turkey I want this
Please tell me where I come
Def looks like a garnet to me
Thank you, sue mount!
TV good
Looks dark red to me.
Thank you!
That is a roadalight garnet
Rhodolite.
This presidium gem tester is not good is better the old versions presidium why the company sell the best presidium like old versions this one is so slowly not active like before presidium i am sorry i sold it this one many times
How do you check ring size?
Kristen Wegerer You can get ring sizing kits on eBay. There’s a mandrel for checking ring size and usually a set of connected rings for checking finger size.
@@shinyshinythings thanks so much for the info
I have a mandrel :)
Looks like garnet to me.
Thank you, raindrop52!
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Diamond testers you can get for like 10 bucks but a colored gemstone tester is over $200? WTF when I get married I'm asking for a gemstone not a diamond!
A colored gemstone tester has to distinguish many more things than a dedicated diamond tester does.
There are definately pitfalls with testers like this. I certainly wouldn't take the results as absolute truth. I'd want to do different testing to find results that I'd be more confident with.
@nigelfantini9481, :) Thank you very much!! :)