# Something to do to your loved ones when they die

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 18, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985 "2003-08-18T15:55:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/1 "2003-08-18T15:55:01Z")

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I just heard on the news that you can send your cremated loved ones into space for the same cost as a funeral.

Also they said for $10K you can take your creamated loved one and have them carbonized and their remains will turn into a diamond. This way you can wear them wherever you go.

Has anyone ever heard of the carbonizing treatment before? How would you turn gray sooty ash into a diamond?

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**Author:** ![random1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/47e85d/32.png) [@random1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/random1)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/2 "2003-08-18T16:12:36Z")

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I saw it on the Today show or something. Here is a link to the company website.

[lifegem](http://www.lifegem.com/index.htm)

Obviously this is the company that makes loved ones into diamonds.  
Oh look they will even do your pets.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/3 "2003-08-18T16:31:56Z")

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Certainly these both qualify as doing something “to” them as oppossed to “for” them.

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**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/4 "2003-08-18T16:34:48Z")

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But a diamond is _forever_!!! I’ll be immortal!!!

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**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/5 "2003-08-18T16:41:03Z")

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There was also a company that would take a small amount of the cremated ashes and swirl it into a handblown paperweight–each pattern unique (because you wouldn’t want to get Grandma’s paperweight mixed up with Uncle Fred’s).

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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/6 "2003-08-18T16:44:19Z")

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What would the value of the creamated person’s diamond be worth? I mean you are paying $10K for them. But I am sure you are paying for sentiment.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-do-to-your-loved-ones-when-they-die/195985/7 "2003-08-18T16:50:27Z")

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Does Uncle Fred’s color look okay to you?

Sure, it’s a carbon copy.