Transforming the ashes of the dead into diamonds, fact or fiction?

We often hear in Western societies that they turn their dead bodies into ashes to keep, which is very common, but it never occurred to us that this corpse could be turned into a diamond to wear in your ring or neck.

But this is what the company did “Algordanza”The first of its kind in Hong Kong, which operates in the field of commemorative diamonds, and is headquartered in Switzerland.

With the aim of commemorating the dead, Scott Fong, founder of Algordanza, says that his company is the first of its kind in Hong Kong, which manufactures commemorative diamonds from the ashes of the deceased.

Fong says: “The method of converting ash to diamond is direct and clear, as we send about 200 grams of cremated remains to our laboratory in Switzerland. The process is done by placing a chemical solution on the ash, which extracts carbon. This carbon is then heated to turn it into graphite. The graphite is then heated to a temperature of 2700°C.

After nine hours, a piece of synthetic diamonds comes out, tilting an unremarkable blue color, with varying sizes, starting from a quarter of a carat to two carats, according to the cost, which starts from three thousand dollars and reaches up to 37 thousand dollars, which is less than the cost of burial in Hong Kong, which ranges between two thousand and 200 thousand dollars, according to social level.

According to the company's website, the human body contains 18% of carbon. 2% of that remains after burning, which is the carbon the company uses to make the diamond.

The fashion for turning ashes into diamonds is not limited to humans, as many Westerners resort to turning the ashes of their pets into diamonds to commemorate their memory.

and a company “Algordanza” It is not the only one in this strange industrial field, as several other companies have spread across the world, including “LifeGem” in Chicago, which produces about 700 to 1000 diamonds per year, 20 percent of which are dedicated to dog owners.