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Cremated remains of woman 'made into a diamond stone'

The cremated remains of an 80-year-old woman have been presented to her family in the form of a diamond stone, the first delivery of this kind in the world.

The remains of Edna MacArthur from Alberta, Canada were compressed into a three gramme sample and flown to Italy.

Intense heat was then used to incorporate the remains into carbon used to craft a diamond.

"This is the first presentation of a synthetic diamond made in this way," Brian Crawford, president of Edmonton-based Fountain Garden Funeral Services.

The quarter carat diamond was presented to MacArthur's granddaughter, Tracey Somerville.

The family planned to have the stone placed in a golden ring.

The quarter carat diamond cost the family CAN$3,240 (1,281) which Crawford said was much cheaper than the cost of a burial with a moderately priced wooden casket. Its manufacturing process took two weeks.

Crawford said his company has already received three more orders, including a pre-arranged order from a living person.

Another company, the Toronto-based Images for Eternity, offers artwork incorporating cremated remains on paintings. The ashes are applied with several layers of sealant on top of the finished art.

Robdar

Another company, the Toronto-based Images for Eternity, offers artwork incorporating cremated remains on paintings. The ashes are applied with several layers of sealant on top of the finished art.

Oh, happy day. So now they are using dead people as an artistic medium. When will they start using them for dietary supplements? Where is Charlton Heston when we need him?

Robyn

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Xena

OMG that is SO COOL...I would love to be made into a diamond ring...but a quarter carat? Plllleeeaaaassseeee if I can't be at least a 1/2 carat forget the whole thing!

Edited by - Xena on 1 January 2003 10:10:19

JamesThomas

Dietary supplements!.... LOL

Gives a new meaning to Grandma's Cookies.

ring

*whew* ......thought i was gonna be flamed

strange....who would want to wear the remains of a deceased family member in the form of a ring on their finger?

SPAZnik

I think it iz very cool.

In fact, I don't think death gets much cooler than that.

I'd rather keep 'em on my finger or in my jewelry box
than leave 'em in the cold hard ground
but it seems more dangerous that they'll get lost or stolen as a ring.

Maybe someday this'll catch on (like in a couple hundred years or so)
and then people will look back in history and say:

strange...who would leave their dead loved ones in the cold hard ground
to rot??

First I'm gonna check if this iz real, then I'm gonna tell my family about it,
they're just strange enuf or forward thinking enuf?
or willing to go where no manz gone b4 enuf
ta go for it.

SPAZ

ps - supply and demand and sentiment considered...diamonds would drastically change in value if something like this caught on. some concerns i would have about this. what if a person dies with debts, but wants ta be turned into a ring....so ya fulfill those wishes, but then the debtcollectors come knockin' and demand u give the ring as payment for some debt they had. :(

gumby

Sounds like the grandaughter had grandma......".wrapped around her finger" HA ha ha ha ha ha .....Gawd I'm a funny guy

I think the idea is interesting myself. Cremated bodies are burnt up and the skeleton is the only thing left. Then the bones are pulvarised. This is what people think are ashes....when it's actually bone. I agree with the idea it's better than decaying in the ground ...or put in a can somewhere.

Diamonds are a girl best friend however, regardless of how pretty granny looks on your finger

Gumby

SPAZnik

like, which would you rather have on YOUR living room mantle?

a can of ashes? or a diamond?

which better represents yer dead loved one?

i can just see the ads now.

i find this strangely interesting.

SPAZnik

http://jewelry.about.com/library/weekly/aa110502a.htm

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