Diamonds from ashes on the rise in Australia

A popular post burial trend is creating diamonds from ashes which is spreading fast across major funeral markets in the Asia Pacific region such as in Japan, Hong Kong, China and South Korea among others and more recently, in Australia. This is because a large number of Australians are looking for innovative and more affordable funeral solutions to supplement the existing traditional alternatives to sending off departed loved ones. Diamonds from Ashes vs. Natural Diamonds: What is the real difference? Diamonds from ashes are artificial diamonds that are created in the laboratory from the carbon content of the cremated remains of a deceased. On the other hand, natural diamonds are formed at elevated temperatures and pressure at depths of 140 to 190 km in the Earth’s mantle. According to a recent study in the journal Nature, carbon-containing minerals provide the carbon source and the growth occurs over periods from 1 billion to 3.3 billion years. Specialist diamonds from ashes companies like the Swiss based LONITE which has an existing branch office in Sydney, Australia uses state of the art HPHT technology to press and transform the purified carbon into diamonds, a process that imitates the formation of natural diamonds under the conditions of intense temperature and pressure. During the diamonds from ashes creation, the carbon content that is extracted from the cremated ashes of the deceased is converted into flaked graphite in a cylinder shape to prepare it for the final technical steps that require pressure and temperature measurement. Diamonds from ashes creation takes between 6 to… Read More