Gemesis
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| Type | Privately-held corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Diamond |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Lakewood Ranch, Florida, United States |
| Key people | Stephen Lux |
| Products | Lab-Created Diamonds |
| Website | http://www.gemesis.com/ |
Gemesis Diamond Company is a privately-held corporation that creates man-made diamonds using patented technology. Industry insiders began to speculate in late 2011 that Gemesis may be on the verge of marketing Type IIa colorless diamonds as well as rare fancy color diamonds – all lab-created. As a standard of comparison, the purest form of diamonds produced in nature are classified as Type IIa and account for only 2% of the global production of mined diamonds.[1] As man-made diamonds go, such quality has never before been seen on the market in a quantity significant enough to be realistically offered as a consumer line.
If true, this groundbreaking development will inevitably change the landscape of the lab-created gemstone industry and quiet those who have long asserted that such an achievement is not possible.
Gemesis CEO, Stephen Lux, has hinted that a headline-grabbing announcement may be forthcoming but will only confirm that Gemesis is planning to go live with a “revamped and sophisticated”[2] website in 2012.
[edit] External links
- Gemesis homepage
- Wired 11/9/03: The New Diamond Age
- Wired 2/07: Updata: Lab-Grown Diamonds Make the Cut
[edit] References
- ^ "Diamond type". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_type. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Stephen Lux, Gemesis CEO, December 2011
