In Switzerland: diamond made of ashes of dead

BEIJING, Sept. 3 -- Diamonds really are forever.

Algordanza, a small company based in the mountainous southeast of Switzerland,

uses the ashes of dead people to make diamonds as a permanent memento for their

nearest and dearest.

Photo shows a grain of yellow diamond

which was made by LIfeGem company of the U.S. using human bone

ash.Algordanza, a small company based in the mountainous southeast of

Switzerland, uses the ashes of dead people to make diamonds as a permanent

memento for their nearest and dearest. (Chinese media/AFP

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And with prices starting at less than 5,000 euros

(7,488 U.S. dollars), the jewels are not solely the preserve of the jetset.

"Some people find it helpful to go to the cemetery

and grieve, and they leave their grief in the cemetery," said Algordanza

Chairman Veit Brimer.

"There are some people who, for whatever reason, do

not want to have this farewell.

"Astonishingly these are mainly Christian people.

They say: 'Why should I say goodbye? I'll see my husband in 15 years in heaven

anyway'," Brimer said.

(Source: China Daily)