Michael Jackson news: Diamonds are Forever

I’m sure you have heard the expression before, “Diamonds are Forever”. You probably heard it on a jewelry commercial about engagement rings because true love and diamonds are suppose to last forever. But what if there were a whole new meaning behind the phrase?

LifeGem has found a way to make diamonds out of deceased people. So now instead of having grandma in an urn on the mantel you can wear here around your neck. My husband says jokingly “When you die, I’ll give you to my next wife as an engagement ring.” Thanks, but no thanks. If I’m going to be made into a diamond when I die I would rather go to my daughter. She will keep me in the family.

Are you wondering how the dead are being made into diamonds? Basically, it works like this: First, the carbon inside human ashes is captured. Then, it is heated to temperatures so high it transforms into graphite. The graphite is then pressed into a diamond. A human diamond will have a different color than a natural diamond though.

Did you know they made some of Michael Jackson’s hair into diamonds? When his hair caught on fire during a Pepsi commercial Ralph Cohen scooped up the charred hair. He kept Jackson’s hair until Michael died in 2009. Now John Reznikoff, one of America’s most highly respected collectors, will keep a portion of his hair for his collection. Another portion is being used by LifeGem to create a small number of certified, high quality diamonds as a tribute to Jackson’s life.

In 2007, Rexnikoff and LifeGem got together to successfully create diamonds from Beethoven’s hair.

Now you have something new to think about the phrase “Diamonds are Forever”. When you die do you want to be forever a diamond?

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