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Diamond memories of the dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/3389493.stm
To some, it's the perfect way of remembering a lost loved one.
To others, it borders on the morbid and tacky.
But bosses at LifeGem - the first UK firm to offer to turn cremated human remains into diamonds - say it all comes down to personal choice.
The company, operating in Hove, Sussex, but with a US parent, charges up to £11,000 to take a sample of ashes, extract the carbon and create a "memorial" diamond.[continued]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/3389493.stm