Talk:LifeGem
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How many subjects has it 'treated'? Is their data on whole-body carbon composition an indication that someone has spent $500,000 on LifeGem products from a single person? Did you say pets?? +sj +
- I found a recent (March) Denver Post article stating 1,000 families have been served since the company's founding. I've added this to the article, along with the apparent minimum amount of cremains needed to make one diamond (of unspecified size, unfortunately). Regarding whole-body carbon composition and its implications, I'm sure it's possible but I haven't found anything stating that someone has done so. The Denver Post article I referenced ([1]) profiles a man who had five diamonds made from his wife's remains, but it doesn't say how large each diamond was. As for pets, yes: they're priced identically and also require the facility to be affiliated with LifeGem. I mentioned the possible limitation of size in the article as well (e.g., I doubt you could get a diamond made out of your favourite guppy). -- Hadal 13:22, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- You could, in fact, get a diamond made from a guppy - just as LifeGem only needs a lock of hair to create a diamond now, they can use previous remains to create a diamond (as they did with Beethoven's remains) by reinforcing it with carbon for the diamond. Rarelibra (talk) 20:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
If you visit the LifeGem website and look at the "certificate of authenticity," there is something vital missing. Namely, the gemologist's signature who graded the stone. Interesting to note: Under symmetry---the description is "symmetrical." The real gemologists who read this will agree with me that something doesn't seem quite right.T.E. Goodwin 23:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- Unless you have something to back up your statement, you hold no water for criticism. Rarelibra (talk) 20:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
is this the only company to provide this service??? ?Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.187.190.88 (talk) 04:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
- It appears that only one other company offers this service. I have annotated this in the article. Rarelibra (talk) 20:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- There are other companies offering that kind of services. Page edited. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.122.116.115 (talk) 18:02, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
- Probably the company names in 'Competition' and 'Ref.' will be better to sort by name A-Z? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.122.21.172 (talk) 18:43, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] And the point is....?
Just out of interest: why is this article here in the first place? It's just some company. You might as well have a Wikipedia article on Joe's Second Hand Car Shop in downtown London. Or am I missing something? Rien Post (talk) 22:26, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- You are totally missing something. Based on the fact that LifeGem is the first company to offer this service, it makes them unique enough to appear in Wikipedia. The difference being "Joe's Second Hand Car Shop" being one of a countless number of second-hand car shops throughout the world that are not original nor unique. Rarelibra (talk) 20:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
