Ashes to ashes, dust to diamonds, wtf?

[Helevitia]

You can now immortilize your loved one who is dead by cremating them and then having the ashes turned into a diamond.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051006/od_afp/afplifestyledeath_051006163713;_ylt=Ao6wuLKTCkpRZFPzxXTMRUcFO7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--

[Brian Ellis]

Sounds like a big scam to me. Even if there is a little carbon left in the ashes (which there shouldn't be, if the cremation is done correctly) it will be so diluted with the incombustible minerals that separation would not be practicable. I like the way they burn a DVD of the cremation

[Wombat]

Sounds like a big scam to me. Even if there is a little carbon left in the ashes (which there shouldn't be, if the cremation is done correctly) it will be so diluted with the incombustible minerals that separation would not be practicable. I like the way they burn a DVD of the cremation

If the ashes weren't largely carbon, then what would they be made of?

[KvHagedorn]

Reminds me of AD&D.. trapping the soul within a gem.

[Brian Ellis]

If the ashes weren't largely carbon, then what would they be made of?

The carbon should be totally oxidised to gases during cremation. The ashes are the incombustible matter such as mineral oxides and salts, including calcined calcium oxide from the bones and teeth as a major component, iron oxide from the blood and liver etc.

[TransformX]

1. VERY old news.
2. No scam, it's real.