# Don't bury me, make jewellery out of me.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 25, 2002, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480 "2002-08-25T10:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480/1 "2002-08-25T10:40:04Z")

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A company called [LifeGem](http://www.lifegem.com) are apparently cremating the remains of those who have passed, capturing the carbon, and creating a man-made diamond with this carbon, over a period of a few weeks.

I’m assuming that this website is legit. If not, I’ve been wooshed 🙂

Either way, what do the Dopers think of this concept ? Would you personally be interested in having this done to your remains after death ? Would you be interested in having it done to your loved one ?

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**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480/2 "2002-08-25T12:45:54Z")

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**DMark** beat you too it, **Goo**. There was a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=132031) started on this yesterday. Darn, these forums move quick!

Assuming it’s lefit, I think it’s a pretty cool concept, BTW.

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**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480/3 "2002-08-25T12:47:26Z")

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Gah. _Legit_

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480/4 "2002-08-25T14:00:42Z")

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Very cool concept. If I’m reading the price list correctly, the minimum price is $6000. Depending on their cost to cremate, the price is comparable to a conservative funeral these days. I’m gonna keep an eye on this one.

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**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480/5 "2002-08-25T15:52:23Z")

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I think the price is in addition to regular funeral and cremation expenses.

In any case, I think I’ll pass. It might be more refined to turn Grandma into a diamond necklace rather than a bone necklace, but you would still be wearing her remains as jewelry.

It’s a little too Addams-family for me. 😃

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**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-bury-me-make-jewellery-out-of-me/125480/6 "2002-08-25T21:12:54Z")

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Thanks **Narrad.** I swear I did a search before posting, because I couldn’t believe I’d be the only one to find this. As usual, I wasn’t 😉

Mods, please close this duplicate thread when you get a chance. Thanks.