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Does it make me weird that I'm having my dog's ashes turned into a diamond now that she's gone? I want to have her around forever, so I'm making a nice pendant out of her diamond. I'm not over the top am I?

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>> Anonymous
>>99131
www.lifegem.com has all the answers for you if you are interested.

>>99132
It can cost anywhere from $3,500 to $20,000
>> Anonymous
how does one have this done?
i like the idea.
>> Anonymous
The dog gets turned into ashes and then is chemicaly and electrostaically .. well complicated shit.. but the ash is turned into a diamond.
>> Anonymous
>>99138
You send the company about 35-40 grams of your beloved pet's ashes and they in turn will create the gemstone from those ashes. They can also mount the gem if you want to a necklace or a ring.
>> Anonymous
>>99136
>>99141
>>99142
Awesome.
>> Anonymous
How big of a diamond could you get out of a person?
>> Anonymous
How many LifeGems can be made from one individual?
LifeGem owns the most advanced technology and knowledge in the diamond creation industry. Our process is so streamlined, we are able to create over 100 certified, high-quality LifeGem diamonds as memorials for each family if they so choose.

Sweet.
>> ­
basically the iron and various other metals are extracted from the ash, and combined to make diamond, the hardest metal.
>> ­
how do you know they're not sending you some cubic zirconia that cost them $.50 and has nothing of the ashes you sent them in it? You have no way of knowing. Why not buy yourself a ring or something to remind you for thousands less instead of wasting money like this?
>> Anonymous
>>99166
I'm sure that if you don't trust their business practices you can have a jeweler inspect the diamonds and if they aren't real you can sue the shit out of them. I doubt a company is gonna claim they can turn your pets or family remains into diamonds and charge you that much and give you fakes with how easy it is to find out if they are fake or not.
>> Anonymous
>>99166
easiest method: take diamond, scratch glass.
If scratch successfull = diamond.
>> Anonymous
>>99187
I see, so all those razor blades and sharp rocks and anything else I can find that scratches glass, are diamonds. IM RICH!!!!
>> Anonymous
It is very easy to tell apart diamonds from CZs. Jewlers have a special tool that can do it in a split second.
The problem still is: Are they sending you a generic diamond (lab made or natural), or are they selling you a diamond made from your pet?

Then again, I woudln't have too much doubt in their process. Lab-made diamonds are inexpensive enough to manufacture, and there's really no economic difference between using your pet as the raw material and using whatever else, they have no reason to screw you over.
>> Anonymous
>>99189
Actually most metal can't scratch decent glass without some effort put into it.

But you have a point.
>> Anonymous
>>99189
More importantly than razors or rocks, CZs can scratch glass as well.
>> Anonymous
>>99187

Actually, it's pretty easy to get fooled this way. Quartz, second most common mineral, is a 7 on the Mohs scale and can scratch glass with no problem.
>> Anonymous
OP here: You do all have good points. I guess it would be pretty easy to just give someone a diamond and call it your pet's ashes. I'm still debating the whole process. Thanks for all the imput!!
>> Anonymous
I'd say do it...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4751684/

The carbon from the cremated material is heated, turned into graphite, and placed into a diamond press, where it is subjected to heat and pressure.