Eww! Another Ripley's Believe It Or Not Type Of Story~ Loved Ones As A Diamond

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I have to admit I really am not a big TV watcher and especially not the news, but I do listen to World News Now before I stretch out in bed, and they seem to have very "interesting" and usual stories...I had for instance learned from World News Now about that guy who wanted to have his body standing up at his own funeral and started a discussion about it. Well hang on folks....here's another story that should fall in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not category and yes it too deals with deceased people. Okay most normal people when a loved one dies do the usual means of taking care of the deceased body...that is, either have a wake and funeral and then the person is buried, or some opt for cremation. Well, gee folks, for about $7,500 (as starters) one can turn their loved one into.....drumroll please.....a diamond! Oh and it's not limited to humans either, but one cat get their furbaby that has just died turned into a diamond as well. Here's are excerpts and quotes from the article I found: [i]U.S.-based LifeGem and Britain's Phoenix Diamonds, for example, also offer diamonds made from hair, which contains more carbon than ashes meaning a gem can be created from the hair of a living person, or from someone who has been buried rather than cremated. LifeGem even offers diamonds made from dead pets. "Some people find it is a great honor and remembrance," said Laura Simanton at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). "The technology is certainly getting better." Bobby Thurman -- of Nelson Funeral Service in Arkansas, which offers diamonds to both burial and cremation clients -- decided to have LifeGem make a diamond from combined samples of his own and his family's hair. "My family will cherish this diamond for generations, and I expect other families will want to do the same," Thurman said. Often the gem is mounted in jewelry, which the bereaved then wear to maintain close contact with their loved one. But some customers have different plans. One widow, Brimer said, carried around her husband's diamond in her handbag. Others have them mounted on the deceased's table in the local pub. Because only 2 percent of a corpse's ashes are carbon, which then has to be purified, the largest size diamond offered by Algordanza is 1 carat, which costs 13,328 euros. [/i] http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5686324 I also managed to find the Life Gem website itself that offers this remembrance diamond http://www.lifegem.com/index.aspx?BannerType=GoogleText&BannerMessage=certified_diamonds Okay folks...sometimes it's hard enough for the bereaved family to deal with the death of a family member, but having the remains of their loved one turned into a diamond and maybe wearing it? Ewwwww Would any of you want this done to a family member (or pet) when they died? Or are you like me and think something like this is borderline crazy and a tad ghoulish?