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	LifeGem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		LifeGem is a company offering to synthesize diamonds from the carbonized remains of people or pets.
		The carbon from the remains is converted to graphite after purification, from which point it is placed in a diamond synthesis press.
		Due to boron impurities present in the carbon, most LifeGem synthetic diamonds produced up to 2003 were Type IIb and were a light to medium blue in colour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/LifeGem (376 words)

	Services for animal lovers- AbbeyGlen
		A LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon of your beloved companion as a memorial to their unique and wonderful life.
		The LifeGem is the most unique and timeless memorial available for creating a testimony to their unique life and unconditional love.
		LifeGems can be purchased as loose diamonds to cherish as you wish, or you can choose one of our specialty settings designed specifically to accent the LifeGem's unique brilliance.
	www.abbeyglen.com /lifegem.html (710 words)

	Boston.com / News / Odds & ends / Company makes gems from loved ones' ashes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		To LifeGem, the synthetic diamonds offer a choice in a funeral industry that for years, by nature, offered limited choices for consumers -- bury a body in a graveyard or have the body cremated, with the ashes stored in an urn or scattered in the wind.
		LifeGem needs 8 ounces of human ashes to make a diamond the company prizes for its "closeness and mobility," leaving the rest of the cremains to the family.
		According to the Cremation Association of North America, the percentage of the dead that are cremated -- nearly 28 percent in 2002 -- is estimated to rise to 35 percent in 2010 and 43 percent in 2025.
	www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2004/11/26/company_makes_gems_from_loved_ones_ashes (682 words)

	Life Gem keepsake jewelry cremation
		A LifeGem is a certified, high quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique and wonderful life.
		The LifeGem is the most unique and timeless memorial available for creating a testimony to their unique life.
		And of course, as the LifeGem is a one-of-a-kind diamond, it will be a treasured heirloom in your family for generations to come.
	www.brunners.com /life_gem.htm (625 words)

	LifeGem frequently asked questions
		A LifeGem is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.
		LifeGem also exceeds all regulated standards in the funeral industry, and by tracking the process from cremation all the way to setting with extreme detail, we can ensure a certified, high-quality LifeGem diamond created from the carbon of your loved one every single time.
		LifeGem's unique technology replicates the process of what takes millions of years naturally to occur within the earth and speeds it up to create a certified, high-quality diamond in just a matter of months.
	www.brunners.com /frequently_asked_questions.htm (1267 words)

	Bunurong Memorial Park : Articles
		LifeGem® - the US based company creating diamonds from cremated remains - is taking the world by storm with their unique memorial gems.
		LifeGem® recognise that, for many people, special pets can be like children and therefore also provide their service for pet lovers.
		In 1999, however, LifeGem® invented the method for purifying the cremated remains of humans and animals, extracting the carbon and using it as a base for diamond creation.
	www.bunurong.com.au /articles/lifegem.asp (1131 words)

	Suburban Life - A lasting memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		LifeGem, which has offices in Elk Grove Village and Des Plaines, was founded in 2001 by Herro, his brother and two of their friends.
		LifeGem customers are able to choose from a variety of sizing options for their diamonds.
		Although LifeGem is the only company known to offer this kind of service, there are many other options for people who are looking for a unique way to memorialize their loved ones.
	www.chicagosuburbannews.com /story.php?pub=4&sid=8735 (1298 words)

	The Mysteries Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		LOUIS - Proving that diamonds indeed are forever, a widower got a gem of a keepsake made from his late wife's ashes this month: a 0.35-carat, round yellow diamond.
		To LifeGem, the synthetic diamonds offer a choice in a funeral industry that for years, by nature, offered limited choices for consumers - bury a body in a graveyard or have the body cremated, with the ashes stored in an urn or scattered in the wind.
		According to the Cremation Association of North America, the percentage of the dead that are cremated - nearly 28 percent in 2002 - is estimated to rise to 35 percent in 2010 and 43 percent in 2025.
	www.hiddenmysteries.org /weird/news/diamonds.html (629 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Loved ones can become real gems
		LifeGem's quarter-carat to 1.3 carat diamonds are ready in around five months and range in price from $2,199 to $13,199.
		LifeGems range from yellow to orange, and other colors are in the works.
		LifeGem offers the service through 314 funeral homes across the United States and at least a dozen total in Hungary, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and South Africa.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,590043637,00.html (478 words)

	.::dragonfire::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		LifeGem, which has a patent application for the procedure pending before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, claims to have developed a twist on a method used to “grow” diamonds in a controlled laboratory environment.
		Yet for Boyer, the LifeGem customer in New York, the price of her half-carat blue diamond was far lower than what she estimates her family would have paid in traditional burial fees when her father died.
		Although none of his clients have ever asked him about LifeGem, some families choose a “keepsake memorial,” in which a portion of the cremated remains – or a lock of hair, if the deceased is being buried – are placed in jewelry.
	www.dfire.org /x594.xml (4155 words)

	Turn Grandma into a diamond? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Proving that diamonds indeed are forever, a widower got a gem of a keepsake made from his late wife's ashes this month: a 0.35-carat, round yellow diamond.
		LifeGem needs 8 ounces of human ashes to make a diamond the company prizesfor its "closeness and mobility," leaving the rest of the cremains to the family.
		According to the Cremation Association of North America, the percentage of the dead that are cremated — nearly 28 percent in 2002 — is estimated to rise to 35 percent in 2010 and 43 percent in 2025.
	journals.aol.com /brujonte/TheFredBlog/entries/341 (690 words)

	Colored Stone September/October 2003 - Sparkle in Peace
		The technology and technique employed in the creation of LifeGem diamonds —; which the company refers to simply as "LifeGems" — is similar to the process used to create conventional manufactured diamonds.
		LifeGem assigns a 16-digit tracking number to finished products, which is later laser-etched onto each diamond's girdle by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).
		A study done by the GIA and published in Gems and Gemology reported that the major chemical difference is that LifeGem diamonds contain traces of a number of elements found in the human body.
	www.tucsonshowguide.com /stories/sep03/lifegem.cfm (2095 words)

	AsianWeek.com: Business: The Consumer: Precious Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		LifeGem also capitalizes on the rising number of cremations that happen in the United States.
		Ranging from one-quarter to one and one-half karats, the LifeGem is certified by the world’s foremost gemologists at the European Gemological Laboratory in New York.
		LifeGem, which formed in 2001 after three years of research on the diamond-making process, charges just under $2000 for this unique memory of those who have passed.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_11_22/cr_lifegem.html (582 words)

	ABC News: Cremated Loved Ones Turned Into Diamonds
		That could be the slogan for LifeGem — a company that turns the ashes of your late loved ones into diamonds.
		The remains of a 27-year-old woman from Phoenix have been transformed into six precious stones and are set to be delivered to her family and friends on Friday.
		LifeGem's first order could be the start of a new age in the funeral industry.
	abcnews.go.com /US/WolfFiles/story?id=90807 (408 words)

	Aint No Way to Go: Diamonds are Forever (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Three-year-old LifeGems estimates it has crafted nearly 1,000 of the diamonds —; what it calls "the most unique memorial product ever invented" — for about 500 families.
		To LifeGem, the synthetic diamonds offer a choice in a funeral industry that for years, by nature, offered limited choices for consumers — bury a body in a graveyard or have the body cremated, with the ashes stored in an urn or scattered in the wind.
		According to the Cremation Association of North America, the percentage of the dead that are cremated —; nearly 28 percent in 2002 — is estimated to rise to 35 percent in 2010 and 43 percent in 2025.
	www.aarrgghh.com /no_way/diamondsAreForever.htm (685 words)

	Ashes to ashes; Dust toDiamonds - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		LifeGem, a Chicago-based company formed in 1999, turns the cremated remains of people and pets into top gem-quality diamonds by separating the graphite from the carbon in their ashes, then heating and crushing it at the sort of extreme temperature and pressure found at the Earth's core.
		LifeGem technicians collect the carbon created when a body is cremated and extract the graphite.
		LifeGem says it has been contacted by several famous people -- industrialists and celebrities -- who want to be remembered forever.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20030308T190000-0500_40765_OBS_ASHES_TO_ASHES__DUST_TODIAMONDS.asp (1138 words)

LifeGem Frequently Asked Questions <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> <meta name="description" ...</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>LifeGem</b> team has spent three years researching the need for a new memorial and developing the certified, high-quality <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a> with some of the best scientists in the world, to be sure families get the quality and comfort they expect. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem's</b> unique technology replicates the process of what takes billions of years naturally for the earth to create and speeds it up to create a certified, high-quality <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a> in just a matter of months. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Because of the extra attention <b>LifeGem</b> must pay to the detail in our process, <b>LifeGem</b> assures that not only are your loved ones handled with care and respect, but also that without question you receive a certified, high-quality <b>LifeGem</b> memorializing your loved one’s unique life.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.clevelandcasket.com /frequently_asked_questions.htm</font> (2306 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.lifegem-uk.com/prices.htm">LifeGem Prices</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Included with all <b>LifeGem</b> <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> purchased, we <a href="/topics/Laser" title="Laser" class=fl>laser</a> inscribe the unique identifier attributed to your family. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> As well as the <b>lifeGem</b> identification number, you can choose to have a personal inscription of up to 20 characters on the girth of the <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> You can order and pay for your <b>LifeGem</b> now, even if this is in anticipation of your actual need.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.lifegem-uk.com /prices.htm</font> (245 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>TheDenverChannel.com - Family - Turn Dead Loved Ones Into Diamonds</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> At Aspen Mortuaries, <b>Lifegem</b> is available to families who are looking for something beyond the traditional urn of ashes. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For Sarah, <b>Lifegem</b> is a way to keep her father close. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Lifegems</b> cost between $3,000 and $20,000 depending on the size and color you order.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.thedenverchannel.com /family/7091198/detail.html</font> (637 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug02/68498.asp">JS Online:Process makes loved one into a diamond</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b>, an Illinois company, announced last month that it had perfected the technology to turn <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremated</a> remains into gem-quality <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> However, to create a <b>LifeGem</b>, the body is <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremated</a> using a special technique that retains the <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> in the ashes. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>LifeGem</b> is the brainchild of VandenBiesen's brother Rusty, who knew there was <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> in people and <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> in <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> and wondered if there was a way to turn people into precious stones.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.jsonline.com /news/metro/aug02/68498.asp</font> (821 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>A Dead Ringer for The Dearly Departed (washingtonpost.com)</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Craig Berg of Cudahy, Wis., is having the <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> from his wife's <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremation</a> made into a <b>LifeGem</b> to add to her wedding ring, which he wears on a necklace. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Trunnell's father is to be one of the first <b>LifeGems</b> on the West Coast, and though the family never got a chance to discuss the option with him, they feel certain he would have loved the idea of his own <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> traversing a technological frontier. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> To make the smallest <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a> <b>LifeGem</b> offers, a quarter <a href="/topics/Carat-%28mass%29" title="Carat %28mass%29" class=fl>carat</a>, the company places about five <a href="/topics/Gram" title="Gram" class=fl>grams</a> of <a href="/topics/Graphite" title="Graphite" class=fl>graphite</a> into a press, where it is subjected to enough heat and pressure to turn it into a <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a> over the course of a month.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A52240-2002Dec29</font> (1331 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/11/news_pf/Worldandnation/Ashes_to_assets__dust.shtml">Worldandnation: Ashes to assets, dust to diamonds</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGems</b> range from yellow to orange, but they're working on other colors. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem's</b> creators are two sets of brothers who were eating dinner and discussing death in 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> appears to be the only company creating <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> from human remains.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.sptimes.com /2004/02/11/news_pf/Worldandnation/Ashes_to_assets__dust.shtml</font> (1423 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.rense.com/general28/forev.htm">, and you can be, too U.S. firm presses cremated remains into diamonds</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For a few thousand dollars, <b>LifeGem</b> will extract the <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> from the <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremated</a> remains of your relative or <a href="/topics/Pet" title="Pet" class=fl>pet</a>, and press it into a <a href="/topics/Synthetic-diamond" title="Synthetic diamond" class=fl>synthetic</a> <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> has produced red, blue and yellow <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> in past tests, but is currently focusing on selling blue <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> because it is confident the high-quality stones can be repeatedly produced. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> only needs about a thimble full of remains to make a <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamond</a>; the rest of the ashes are sent back to the family.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.rense.com /general28/forev.htm</font> (518 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.salwarsuits.com/creating-diamonds-from-human-ashes.htm">Free Resource Indian Jewelry, Indian Fashion, Culture & Art</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> recommends you use their <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremation</a> process for best results, but the company says it can often retrieve enough <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> to make <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> from previously <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremated</a> remains. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> says it has an open door policy, allowing you to inspect many aspects of their tracking system. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> says that its overall quality target is to produce <a href="/topics/Gemstone" title="Gemstone" class=fl>gems</a> at the VVS clarity level (very, very slightly included; very, very slightly imperfect).</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.salwarsuits.com /creating-diamonds-from-human-ashes.htm</font> (326 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Rest in (a Jewelry) Piece: Deriving Diamonds From the Dead - 11/1/2002 - JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone - CA259837</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> is an Acro, Ill.-based company that manufactures <a href="/topics/Synthetic-diamond" title="Synthetic diamond" class=fl>synthetic</a> <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> from the <a href="/topics/Cremation" title="Cremation" class=fl>cremated</a> remains of deceased loved ones or <a href="/topics/Pet" title="Pet" class=fl>pets</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem</b> CEO Greg Herro says it takes just a "thimble-full" of <a href="/topics/Carbon" title="Carbon" class=fl>carbon</a> to create a <b>LifeGem</b>, and up to 100 stones can be created from one person. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>LifeGem's</b> press release notes that the <a href="/topics/Diamond" title="Diamond" class=fl>diamonds</a> will come with reports from the New York branch of the European Gemological Laboratory.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.jckgroup.com /article/CA259837.html/jck?stt=001</font> (593 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br> <p style="margin-left:30px;font-size:13px;"><b>Try your search on: <a href="http://www.qwika.com/find/LifeGem">Qwika</a> (all wikis)</b></p> <form action=http://www.factbites.com/search.php><table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td background="/images/f1.gif"><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0 background="/images/b.gif"><tr><td><img src="/images/f2.gif" width=38 height=37 alt=" "/></td><td><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td><a href="/"><img src="/images/f3.gif" width=95 height=37 alt="Factbites" border=0 /></a><img src="/images/b.gif" width=15 height=1 alt=" "/></td><td valign=bottom><input type=text size=30 name=kp><img src="/images/b.gif" width=2 height=1 alt=" " /><input type=submit value=" Find » " class=b2></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><span class=f> <a href="http://www.factbites.com/about_us.php">About us</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/why_use_us.php">Why use us?</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/reviews.php">Reviews</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/press.php">Press</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/contact_us.php">Contact us</a> <br />Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with <a href=http://www.factbites.com/terms_and_conditions.php>terms</a>.</span></td></tr></table><img src="/images/b.gif" width=450 height=1 alt=" " /></td></tr></table></form> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-317061-4"; urchinTracker(); </script> </body></html>