A few months ago, I overheard my brother say something about
turning my mom into a diamond. I didn’t really pay much attention to it until
today when I was reminded of the conversation. He had apparent heard a story on
tv about someone turning their parent who had passed away into a diamond and
that person wore their parent on a necklace around their neck. It made them
feel close to their parent who was no longer with them.
As I thought of it this morning, at first I thought what a
morbid idea. But as I thought longer, I wondered of the cost to do this, the
process and who came up with this idea. So I got on line…and I stumbled onto a
website for a company called LifeGem. This website was awesome. It went through
and explained everything from what they offered to why you should consider it.
Let me explain quickly.
According to this website, the process for creating diamonds
has been around for many years. Apparently it was first invented by General
Electric back in the 1950’s. I learned that Diamonds are “created by subjecting
carbon, the primary element of all diamonds, to conditions that recreate the
forces of nature.” LifeGem has recreated this natural process. The only difference
is that they use “an exact carbon source” to recreate the diamonds. They
collect the carbon of your family member which is then heated to really high
temperatures. This is called the purification process. This process changes the
carbon to graphite that has unique characteristics to create your one of a kind
diamond. The longer the carbon is in the heat source, the larger the diamond.
Diamonds made by this company allegedly have the same exact characteristics of
natural diamonds – hardness, brilliance and luster. The final step in the
process is telling the diamond cutter what shape you want your diamond to be
and the color…yes they come in five different colors! That’s it! Except to pay
for it which looks to be pretty close to the cost of what you would pay for a
natural diamond.
It’s a thought I guess. I don’t know how I really feel about
it. It feels weird but on the other hand, it is a nice idea. So what do you
think... could you turn a loved one into jewelry? :/
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Ardeeemilla(:
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