Saturday, August 30, 2008

Ashes to diamonds - wear a loved one today!

Diamonds really are forever.  A small company in Switzerland uses ashes of dead people to make diamonds! So much for diamonds just being a girl's friend eh?

The technology for making artificial diamonds goes back to the 1950's when General Electric came up with the idea by subjecting carbon to huge pressure and temperature. There's even a place in Phoenix Arizona, that makes diamonds from hair!

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