LONITÉ memorial diamonds are made from human hair and cremation ashes of the deceased.
99.99%
purity of carbon
0.01%
diamond seed
Human body contains 18% carbon. Diamonds are pure carbon. LONITÉ memorial diamonds are made of carbon from hair, cremated bones, or cremation ashes.
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Time
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6 months on average
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Ashes amount
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200g ashes/10g Hair
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Price
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£ 1400 (0.25 carat) - £ 28000 (3.0 carat)
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Payment terms
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50% + 50%
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Diamonds made from ashes or hair are GIA certified to be genuine diamonds.
The only difference between natural diamonds and LONITÉ memorial diamonds is their origin: carbon atoms of memorial diamonds are from cremated human ashes and remains instead of minerals underground.
From light yellow (left) to deep orange (right), each memorial diamond has a natural colour. No two are alike, reflecting the natural differences in the ashes used to make the diamonds and showing how unique your beloved one is.
After the hair and cremation ashes are purified, an essential step in the process of turning your loved one's ashes into memorial diamonds in UK, the purified carbon is placed in the synthesis environment. This precisely controlled chamber is essential in the process by recreating the natural conditions for diamond growth.
No two diamonds are alike during ashes to memorial diamonds transformation. The final shape, size and colour of the memorial diamonds depend on its origin.
Each memorial diamond is naturally grown and truly unique. The synthesis environment only gives a range for the size of diamonds out of ashes. Exact dimensions can neither be controlled nor predicted.
Diamonds are measured in carat (ct), a unit of mass.
One carat equals to 0.2 g (200 mg; 0.007055 oz).
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Size demo Carat (diameter) |
 0.25
(4.0 mm)
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0.35
(4.5 mm)
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 0.50
(5.1 mm)
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 0.60
(5.5 mm)
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 0.80
(6.0 mm)
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 1.00
(6.5 mm)
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1.50
(7.3 mm)
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2.00
(8.0 mm)
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[*] The size demos may be different from actual dimensions due to different screen resolutions.
The size of memorial diamonds is affected by the given growing time.
Rough memorial diamonds are not polished to maintain the entire origin.
Rough memorial diamonds (uncut / unpolished) are available with a 20% discount for sizes of 0.35 carat or above.
A rough memorial diamond is a unique choice for those of you who want complete naturalness and an ‘entire’ diamond. Nevertheless, only cut diamonds have ‘brilliance’; colour of uncut diamonds may appear darker.
Ten different cuts are available.
Their brilliance: Brilliant > Princess > Radiant > Asscher > Emerald > Heart > Oval > Pear > Cushion > Unpolished.
The Brilliant Cut is our most popular cut style for memorial diamonds.
On the order form, you may leave the cut option blank. The cut of your memorial diamonds will be decided by our expert according to its final shape.
You don’t choose the shape. During the process to make your cremation diamond, the diamond itself will choose the shape.
No two diamond shapes are alike. Experts will cut your memorial diamond based on the shape your memorial diamond grew into. The cut they decide on will preserve the most diamond material possible.
Natural diamonds are born with an array of colours, due to the diverse underground environments.
Similarly, below 7 colours are achieved in varied synthesis environments during memorial diamonds' growth.
The images displayed are for reference only. The actual colour tone of your memorial diamond may vary individually.
Human body contains 3% nitrogen [N], which gives the diamond a Naturally Amber™ colour.
Naturally Amber™ is the natural colour achieved under standard procedures to turn your loved one's ashes into diamonds in UK.
Each memorial diamond has a natural colour (From light yellow to deep orange). No two are alike.
Purely Colourless™ diamonds are created by removing nitrogen [N] from the carbon [C].
They have the highest carbon purity but also the highest price and longest creation time.
Apart from above two featured colours, other colours of memorial diamonds are achieved by creating different physical or chemical environments as described below.
‘HPHT stands for high-pressure, high-temperature. The process is an effective tool for changing the colour of certain diamonds, making them colourless, pink, blue, green, goldish green, or gold.’
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Diamond Colour
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 Naturally Amber™ |
 Greenish Yellow |
 Red |
 Blue |
 Purely Colourless™ |
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Price Range (£)
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£ 1400
| £ 18500 |
£ 1600
| £ 19500 |
£ 1600
| £ 19500 |
£ 1900
| £ 25500 |
£ 2000
| £ 28000 |
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Time *
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3 - 6 months
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4 - 7 months
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4 - 7 months
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5 - 8 months
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6 - 9 months
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Element / Symbol
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Carbon / C
Nitrogen / N |
Carbon / C
Nitrogen / N |
Carbon / C
Nitrogen / N |
Carbon / C
Boron / B |
Carbon / C
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Percentage in Body
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18%
3% |
18%
3% |
18%
3% |
18%
0.0001% |
18%
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Positive Health Role
(Colouring Mechanism) |
Yes
N: DNA and proteins with amino acids |
(HPHT processing at
nitrogen content 1ppm - 1000ppm; Electrons irradiating at 1KeV - 100MeV [*]) |
(Annealing at 500°C -
5000°C under 100kPa - 20GPa; HPHT processing [*]) |
Unproven
B: Probably metabolism of calcium |
Yes
C: All vital life activities of human body |
* Note: Estimated time for 0.5 ct diamond.
[*]Note: Data range is enlarged to protect technical secrets.
Diamonds made from ashes or hair are genuine diamonds that can be certified by all worldwide recognised gemmology institutes.
Certificates of authenticity for LONITÉ memorial diamonds can be issued from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), or the International Gemological Institute (IGI), which proves that all LONITÉ diamonds are genuine diamonds and certified to be lab-made (non-mined).
The origin of your memorial diamond is certified to be from LONITÉ laboratory.
After diamond growing under HTHP environment, the second stage of turning your loved one's ashes into diamonds is complete. A third-party certification from GIA or IGI can be ordered to show the authenticity of your memorial diamond and most importantly, the origin of the memorial diamond – LONITÉ’s laboratory.
Bar code is attached to containers for all intermediate steps. Tracking ID, name and dates are logged under our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) — LNT OT95000:2010.
You will be able to check the latest status, as we turn your UK loved one's ashes into diamonds, at every step of the way by simply entering your order ID on our order tracking page. We are always available should you wish to enquire how the creation of your memorial diamond is progressing.
You can also name your memorial diamond. After your memorial diamond has been created, we are able to personalise it with words or a phrase engraved onto the diamond girdle.
Photos of important steps to show the journey from ashes of your beloved to brilliant diamonds.
Sending the ashes of your loved one, so as to make a memorial diamond, to Switzerland can be an emotional event. As we want you to feel as involved and connected as possible, we are able to send you photographs of the creation of your memorial diamond.
It is a wonderful way to witness another stage in the existence of your loved one.
Some of our customers send a photo of their family together with the ashes so this photo can be included in all photos of the memorial diamonds creation process. LONITÉ is more than happy to accommodate this request, adding a meaningful and personal touch.
You will have a unique code for LONITÉ’s ID tracking QC, enabling you to see exactly which stage in the process your memorial diamond has reached, at any time.
It would be technically incorrect to say that “a diamond is made 100% from ashes”✘.
While turning your loved one's ashes to diamond, a microscopic diamond is required as the seed crystal, from which the new memorial diamond will evolve.
However, LONITÉ is able to produce memorial diamonds that comprise up to 99.99% carbon from human ashes or hair.
A diamond seed is the microscopic diamond required as the foundation from which the new memorial diamond will evolve (the seed crystal). Carbon atoms (from ashes/hair) attach themselves to the seed, under immense pressure, and begin to crystallise.
For the diamond seed, LONITÉ only ever uses single-crystal natural diamonds from the top 0.1% of quality natural diamonds instead of CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposition) diamonds.
LONITÉ Blue and Purely Colourless™ diamonds made out of ashes distinguish themselves as type IIb diamonds.
When examined with an infrared spectrometer, these memorial diamonds show remarkable absorption on the red side of the visible spectrum.
LONITÉ type IIb diamonds from ashes are visually indistinguishable from the rarest and most valuable 0.1% of all natural diamonds, but with an extremely unique origin - from your loved one.
LONITÉ memorial diamonds are free of lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), bismuth (Bi) and sodium bromide (NaBr).
LONITÉ uses natural and medically-safe agents in the process of cleaning and preparing ashes to be turned into diamonds for the best interest of our UK clients.
No heavy metals (0.00%) are adopted in LONITÉ's process.
LONITÉ creates coloured diamonds by giving them the environment to grow, instead of mixing any artificial colourings in the diamonds from ashes.
The synthesis environment only gives a colour range. The final colour depends on the ashes of your loved one used to create the diamond you want in UK.
Each diamond has a unique colour naturally. No two memorial diamonds are alike.
Impurity leads to memorial diamond flaws. It can bring inclusions in the diamond made from ashes.
High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) diamond synthesis can only be effectively achieved with the purest forms of carbon. All other trace elements must be removed.
Carbon is the basic life element. LONITÉ memorial diamonds contains at least 99.99% purity of carbon.
Carbon [C] accounts for 18% of the human body; nitrogen [N] accounts for 3%. Both are essential for proteins (with amino acids) and DNA. Without carbon [C] and nitrogen [N], life would not exist.
The carbon purification system can leave either nitrogen or boron (related with metabolism of calcium) within the growing foundation, leading to an amber or blue colour.
Keeping carbon and removing all other elements will create a Purely Colourless™ memorial diamond.
Learn and compare.
Understand the whole process from ashes to diamonds.
Your loved one deserves the very best.
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LONITÉ is a
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✔ GIA certified genuine diamond
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✔ HPHT diamond
(High-Pressure High-Temperature) |
✔ New diamond made purely from ashes
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instead of a
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✘ Diamond simulant: moissanites or zircons
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✘ CVD diamond (Chemical Vapour Deposition)
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✘ Off-the-shelf diamond with ashes injected into
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A LONITÉ memorial diamond is physically, chemically and optically the same as a natural mined diamond.
LONITÉ's genuine diamonds from ashes possess a refractive index of 2.419, which is the same as all other natural mined diamonds.
A "Diamond Simulant" is a fake diamond that is not made with carbon. Zircon (ZrSiO4) is one which is mass-produced for costume jewellery and clothes accessorising.
A fake diamond has a refractive index higher or lower than 2.419, which makes the brilliance and brightness very different to a genuine diamond.
The carbon source of LONITÉ's HPHT diamonds is pure carbon powder from ashes (in a solid state).
The High-Pressure-High-Temperature process is based on the same principles of how natural diamonds are created, taking several months.
The carbon source of CVD diamonds is a hydrocarbon gas such as methane.
The ongoing process takes only several hours, but consumes many, many cubic meters of additive gas to provide the necessary carbon.
Your memorial diamond is a new diamond grown from carbon gleaned from the ashes and hair of your loved one.
The essential diamond seed accounts only for 0.01%. 99.99% of the diamond are grown from life elements in the hair or cremation ashes.
Some "memorial diamonds" are nothing more than an existing diamond, drilled to enable a tiny amount of cremation ashes to be inserted.
Heavy metals like lead (Pb) and bismuth (Bi) are used in that "memorial diamonds" process.
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