LifeGem

LifeGem is a company offering to synthesize diamonds from the carbonized remains of people or pets. The company was founded in 2001 by Greg Herro, Mike Herro, and Rusty VandenBiesen, and was first based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. It is now headquartered in Chicago and a second office, under the name LifeGem UK, was recently opened in Hove, England. It is important to note that, at present, there is no nondestructive method of testing the origin of carbon used in diamond synthesis: It has yet to be independently verified that LifeGem products (patent pending) are indeed composed—either in part or in whole—of human remains, or if the carbon is from another source.

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