X-Message-Number: 26307
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:49:11 -0700
From: Olaf Henny <>
Subject: Other alternatives to burial (Off topic)
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I found this article today at:

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,359567,00.html :

Forget a Coffin -- Wear Grandma on Your Finger: 


Excerpt: "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."


The question I have is: could there possibly be enough carbon matter left after 
the intense heat of cremation to shape a diamond?

Also in the other scheme:


Excerpt: "There is also his latest brainchild: memorial fireworks that contain 
the ashes of a beloved relative in the rocket tip. The idea is that the bereaved
could bid farewell to the departed in a stunning explosion of color. The 
technology, however, has proven dicey. The trick is to make sure all the human 
ashes disintegrate in the sparkle rather than getting dusted over rooftops or 
onto the faces of those mourning." 


Ashes are by definition non-combustible residue from fire. How can you possibly 
disintegrate them in a rocket, so that they would not hit the ground.




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