Life Gem

This young lady likes her jewelry, perhaps she'd like a LifeGem of grandad? (see inset) But there is always a cynic to piss on the parade. Mark Gershburg, director of European Gemological Laboratory (an independent laboratory that vouches for the quality of diamonds), points out it is impossible to distinguish LifeGem synthetic diamonds from other synthetic diamonds.




If that's the case, what stops LifeGems from producing synthetic diamonds from ordinary graphite, then passing them off as a bit of your dear uncle Harry? Indeed, what stops them from buying synthetic diamonds from other suppliers and reselling them to the bereaved at large mark-ups?

This site would not support this foul and baseless suspicion. LifeGem lawyers please note. In fact we would encourage the young lady to talk to grandad about becoming a LifeGem. It has been said that blue LifeGems were produced with the addition of the boron as a dopant, since the boron found in cremains is only trace element, and not sufficient colour the gem. But who cares if a bit of outside colour has been added?