Comments on: Diamonds Are For Quite A Long Time

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sun, 14 May 2006 00:50:21 +0000

Blue…I’m hoping for blue.

-cvj

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sat, 13 May 2006 23:28:52 +0000

Just an update: today’s LA Times reports that John Reznikoff, who has the world’s largest and most valuable collection of celebrity hair [you can't make this stuff up], has donated a strand of Beethoven’s hair to LifeGem to publize the fact that they can now make diamonds from a strand of hair. The diamond will be on show in a worldwide tour of museums and opera houses.

While we can all now breathe a sigh of relief that you no longer need a body for this process, I can’t help wondering whether Beethoven will make a blue or a yellow diamond.

By: Don S

Don S — Tue, 09 May 2006 18:20:18 +0000

Hmm – I think I’d like to be applied in chips to a masonry blade so I can help cut ceramic tile for floors and showers. What, too ambitious?

By: spyder

spyder — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:29:29 +0000

aye citrine, it is: Carborundum is a trademark for silicon carbide, a leading commercial grinding substance.. It works wonders on etching and colograph plates for printmaking, as well as cleaning lithoblocks. Not the best stuff to let out in the atmosphere though–”always wear a mask when using.”

By: Brunsli

Brunsli — Mon, 08 May 2006 03:33:28 +0000

I couldn’t find any patents for their “proprietary” technology, at least not assigned to LifeGem. Maybe it’s kept as a trade secret. I can only wonder why DeBeer hasn’t taken it over yet.

I agree with Pacian. There are lots of ways to separate grieving poeple from their money, so we shouldn’t judge them differently. At least these folks let you order in advance and get 20% off.

But, still, I find it gross. I prefer blood diamonds, smuggled out of central African countries in exchange for black market arms to fund civil wars. Relax, I’m kidding.

By: citrine

citrine — Mon, 08 May 2006 02:27:39 +0000

Is carborandum abrasive?

By: serial catowner

serial catowner — Sun, 07 May 2006 22:09:49 +0000

Right, have your mother-in-law made into a carborundum file- as she was in life.

By: spyder

spyder — Sun, 07 May 2006 19:25:19 +0000

or can I have one made out of charcoal as well? Or even can i be made into charcoal upon which a special sacred rack of ribs can be roasted?

I can see all sorts of future possibilities. Add some silica and become a special abrasive carborundum compound that one can form into a rasp to clear up a loved one’s corns and calluses–hehehe. Or maybe have those precious gems stuck in expensive grills for rappers and hip/hop artists and wannabees. Watchmakers could have a field day with them too.

By: McB

McB — Sun, 07 May 2006 18:04:42 +0000

Their price chart ranges from $3500 to $20,000 dollars. I agree with Pacian that it isn’t really that much stranger than people stuffing your corpse in a $6,000 box that gets buried. At least you can use the diamond to freak people out; we’re all rather desensitized to that whole coffin thing.

Also note the awesome “two or more” discount for star-crossed lovers/mass suicides.

Bleh. I’m getting cremated. Although I do find those bone rings cool.

By: IrrationalPoint

IrrationalPoint — Sun, 07 May 2006 13:48:56 +0000

What concerns me is not the conversion of the corpse into a diamond per se, but I do kinda worry about people who have that much money and can’t think of a better way of using it. I mean, get a life!

–IP