What you see pictured above looks like an ordinary, attractive diamond. And at $8700 per carat for a canary cut diamond by Memorial Diamonds, it’s fairly close to market value. But the secret ingredient in making the diamonds is love. And by love, I mean the love you have for a relative, spouse, or pet because this diamond is made with the ashes of your loved one. With a process that involves creating a raw diamond crystal using the carbon from your cremated ashes, then cutting and polishing it, you can make a diamond with the same properties as a natural one with the power of science. Which is great, because I was really feeling as though my diamonds don’t have nearly enough dead guy in them.

[via, thanks Delia for the tip!]