You like the Ring ? its from my late husband

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August 21, 2002 Posted: 4:38 PM EDT (2038 GMT)

 

CHICAGO (Reuters) -- They say diamonds are forever. And now the dearly

departed can be, too.

 

A Chicago company says it has developed a process for turning cremated

human remains into diamonds that can be worn as jewelry.

 

" We're building on the simple fact that all living creatures are

carbon based and diamonds are carbon-based, " said Greg Herro, head of

LifeGem Memorials.

 

The blue diamonds are the answer to people who think a tombstone or an

urn full of ashes is not personal enough. And they are portable, Herro

said.

 

Herro, who describes himself as an entrepreneur, said he has spent the

past three years refining the process, successfully making a diamond

from cremated human remains in July.

 

A small thimbleful of carbon can be made into 0.25 carat diamond, for

which LifeGem would charge $4,000. A full karat would cost $22,000.

 

The ash is first purified in a vacuum induction furnace at 3,000 degrees

Celsius (about 5,400 F). It is then placed in a press under intense

pressure and heat, replicating the forces that create a natural diamond.

It takes about 16 weeks.

 

Synthetic, or man-made, diamonds have been manufactured from carbon

since the mid-1950s, when General Electric Co. developed the process for

making small diamonds for industrial uses.

 

Avrum Blumberg, a chemistry professor at DePaul University in Chicago,

said it is feasible to make a quality diamond from the carbon in a

cremated human.

 

" If it's done slowly and with a great deal of care, one could have a

reasonably high-quality diamond, " Blumberg said.

 

In a telephone interview, Herro said his diamonds are of the same

quality that " you would find at Tiffany's. "

 

He said that he has had two of the diamonds certified for quality by

European Gemological Laboratory, an independent laboratory that vouches

for the quality of diamonds. The diamonds were submitted anonymously by

a partner who sells synthetic diamonds to avoid any bias in the

appraisals.

 

In a news release, Herro said that EGL would certify LifeGem's diamonds,

though EGL said it has no formal relationship with LifeGem.

 

" At this time, EGL USA does not have enough information about this new

product to comment about the use of the EGL name in conjunction with

it. " Mark Gershburg, director of EGL USA, said in a prepared statement

in response to inquiries. But he said it is impossible to distinguish

LifeGem synthetic diamonds from other synthetic diamonds.

 

LifeGem's Web site lists a handful of funeral homes in the United States

that will offer the service to customers.

 

One is Fergerson Funeral Home in North Syracuse, New York. Funeral

director Patricia Fergerson said nobody has asked that a loved one be

turned into a diamond yet. But the funeral home sees this as another

service it can offer.

 

Meanwhile, an Illinois man with emphysema has signed up with LifeGem.

 

About 26 percent of U.S. residents who died were cremated last year. But

Herro has his eye on a growth market. " Japan is at 98 percent, " he said.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/21/diamonds.remains.reut/index.html

 

 

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Peggy Jentoft

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[Guest guest]

At 05:10 PM 8/23/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Some one sent this to another list I'm on

>and its just too amazing not to share

>

>August 21, 2002 Posted: 4:38 PM EDT (2038 GMT)

>

>CHICAGO (Reuters) -- They say diamonds are forever. And now the dearly

>departed can be, too.

 

 

Reckon what the metaphysical properties of such a stone might be?

 

Byron

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

LOL, hmmmm, ya think if someone dark and hateful was made into a diamond (ring),

it would be like the ring of power in Lord of the Rings? Look out, Sauron, here

comes Saddam!!

 

(ack, the actual name of the ring in the book escapes me, and I've read it a

million times)

 

Ahreinya

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Byron

Re: [CrystalHW] You like the Ring ? its from my late husband

 

 

>

>CHICAGO (Reuters) -- They say diamonds are forever. And now the dearly

>departed can be, too.

 

 

Reckon what the metaphysical properties of such a stone might be?

 

Byron

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My kids have argued over where my cremain are to be buried...sent this to

them...should solve the problem.LOL

 

Pat H.

 

Be thankful for each and every morning.

Enjoy life and worry not about things that

won't matter in 10 years anyway.

Unknown

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Byron

Friday, August 23, 2002 8:12 PM

Re: [CrystalHW] You like the Ring ? its from my late husband

 

 

At 05:10 PM 8/23/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Some one sent this to another list I'm on

>and its just too amazing not to share

>

>August 21, 2002 Posted: 4:38 PM EDT (2038 GMT)

>

>CHICAGO (Reuters) -- They say diamonds are forever. And now the dearly

>departed can be, too.

 

 

Reckon what the metaphysical properties of such a stone might be?

 

Byron