Diamonds Are Forever

Over my years as an estate planning lawyer, I’ve heard many individuals express creative wishes as to the disposition of their remains.  If someone decides that they wish to be cremated, naturally, the next question is what they want to happen with the ashes – the “cremains”.   Should they be kept in an urn, buried, or scattered?  Well, here’s a new one.  Cremains can now be turned into diamonds.  Some people will find this idea disturbing.  Others might find this an ideal way to carry a piece of a loved one with them forever.

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263128098/swiss-company-compresses-cremation-ashes-into-diamonds