Chapter 461: Appraisal Party (1/2)

Chapter 461: Appraisal Party

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The little bug activated its Relive the Past ability, and the past experiencing involving the rubies and its related artwork appeared one at a ti a boiler-like apparatus Behind hieous ”rubies”

The second scene was also this place but with evenat the rubies through lasses Some of the rubies were left on the table while others were being thrown into the trash bin below

Seeing this, Li Du was certain that these rubies were fakes They were man-made synthetic rubies—most detested by those in the jewelry trade

The skill forsynthetic red rubies had been in existence for more than half a century now They were low in cost to nificant compared to that of natural rubies

Hoas the cost exactly? Most of the cost could be attributed to the fees for cutting and grinding rather than that of the raw materials and production Hence, unscrupulous jewelers would sell synthetic rubies in place of natural rubies in order to e profits

Synthetic rubies had such a bad name because their appearance had almost destroyed the ruby industry

There were a few different methods to form synthetic rubies: heat fusion method, flux method, hydrother methods were superb because in terms of their chemical aspects, synthetic rubies were almost exactly the same as natural rubies—it was not easy to tell them apart

Under such circumstances, many had lost interest in natural rubies because it was all too easy to be deceived

Li Du did not know if the three of theht these fakes to dupe hi discovered that the rubies were fakes, he became even more suspicious of their identities

After so, ”These rubies are really beautiful, but are they real? I heard that some synthetic rubies look so real, that it's really difficult to differentiate the real ones fro an eyelid, Du Dayuan smiled ”How can one not tell the difference between the real and the fake? Li, you've been deceived by the information on the Internet—the real ones cannot be faked, and the fake cannot pass as real With one look, the experts will be able to tell if the ruby's natural or synthetic!”

”These are all real?” Li Du asked

Du Dayuan said confidently, ”Of course—how could we froenuine rubies that have been appraised by several expert ge added, ”At this autuhts—many came to the auction just for them”

As he said that, he took out an information sheet on the said Christie's auction—there was indeed a write-up on jewelry with rubies

Seeing this inforain

Du Dayuan put the rubies away and then took out his work peret coffee on ht, I could also check these work per used its tiain to check Du Dayuan's work permit

The first scene that appeared looked to be a secret roo, and so in front of soraphs, son, while others were in charge of printing

Later on in the scene, Li Du saw someone who should not have appeared: Ma Zhi-an

Ma Zhi-an was operating a heatingthe per this, Li Du could not help but curse and swear in his uys are cheats! Not just them—Ma Zhi-an is also a cheat!