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# Odd Consumer News
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2617/
- Published: 2005-10-09T19:20:35.000Z
- Updated: 2005-10-09T19:20:35.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Essay, #wpChunk

From dust you came, but when you die, they can use your cremated remains to make jewelry:

> In fact, there's enough carbon in those ashes to make about 20 gems. And there will still be several pounds of ashes left over to display on the mantlepiece.

> So far, nobody's ordered more than 11 diamonds, said Dean VandenBiesen, vice-president of operations for LifeGem, which uses super-hot ovens to transform ashes to graphite and then presses the stone into blue and yellow diamonds that retail for anywhere from US$2,700 (RM10,260) to US$20,000.

[Link](http://www.nst.com.my/Current%5FNews/NST/Friday/National/20051007085617/Article/indexb%5Fhtml?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).