{"id":554,"date":"2007-03-06T05:14:52","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T10:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/03\/06\/ashes-to-diamonds\/"},"modified":"2011-09-24T18:49:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T22:49:50","slug":"ashes-to-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/03\/06\/ashes-to-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes to Diamonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>If your beloved pet just died you don&#8217;t have to go on living without him.  Nope.  You can make jewelery out of him instead. <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That&#8217;s what Sue Rogers of London did with her dead pet dogs and cats.  She had a diamond ring made from their ashes.  Rogers from Devon England paid 3.200 pounds to have a ring made from carbon extracted from the ashes of Lucky, his old English Sheepdog, a tom cat named Patch and a golden retriever called Sam. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m starting to see a pattern here.  Are you?  It seems you have to mourn a few pets before you can make jewelery out of them. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am delighted with my ring as it means I can have my pets with me at all times,&#8221; Rogers told the Daily Mail newspaper.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>&#8220;My animals meant the world to me and even though they are gone they are still with me. It&#8217;s a beautiful ring and such a brilliant idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rogers, who had previously kept her pets ashes on her mantelpiece heard of LifeGem UK, a company that makes diamonds from the remains of humans and pets.  She contacted LifeGem and they used a small amount of carbon from each set of ashes.<\/p>\n<p>The ashes are heated to 3,000 degrees Celsius in order to create a rough diamond.  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