Human ashes turned into diamonds? Yep

now to the lifelong Jim allowing you to remember a past love one or pet yeah a business is giving people the option of having remains made into a genuine diamond it's a little different we first told you about this one-of-a-kind keepsake or you know memory last night at 11:00 Algar danza memorial diamonds are part of a trend in the funeral business right now so more people are opting for cremation after death in 2017 nearly 50% of Americans chose cremation over burial which is up about 10% from 1980 christina Marsha who works for Al Gore Danza knows firsthand how having a memorial diamond can help with grieving a loved one on the 10th anniversary of my dad's passing I had a memorial diamond made what's really special to me about my memorial diamond is that every time I show it to someone I get to talk about my dad it's such a great way to pay tribute to his life it is a good talking point cremated remains are sent to a laboratory in Switzerland where a high-pressure high-temperature machine is used to create that diamond the longer the diamond sits in the machine the bigger it can become and there are a lot of people talking about the story on our Facebook page Nicky says I would love to do this with my dad's ashes he loved jewelry but the cost is so expensive and Susan writes it's a beautiful idea cheaper than a funeral always comes down to dollars and cents that's right we're looking at the the bottom line there if you'd like to comment on this story too just head over to facebook.com slash news 6 you can join the conversation maybe my kids will make me into a nice belt or something [Laughter]

Channel: News6 Getting Results

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Length: 1min 53sec (113 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 06 2018