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Cremation? Burial? How about Diamonds?

Posted by chrisd on from the but-is-it-a-scam dept.

travisbecker writes "From Reuters via Yahoo! comes this story. "A Chicago company (Lifegem) says it has developed a process for turning cremated human remains into diamonds that can be worn as jewelry." As for the quality... "If it's done slowly and with a great deal of care, one could have a reasonably high-quality diamond," according to a quote in the story." This should not be confused with our earlier diamond discussion.

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  1. This fucken rules. by Tom7 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is great. Do you think if I collect enough of my body tissue and hair and stuff that I can get one of these made while I'm alive?

  2. Why do I have a euphoric Final Fantasy feeling? by Mustang+Matt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    hehe.

    This feels like it's straight from a Final Fantasy game. I can be a piece of Materia someday! Now all they need to do is figure out how to summon people back out of the diamonds for a whopping good time.

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