Diamonds created from hair or cremated ashes are known as memorial diamonds. Also referred to as “celebration”, “lab-grown”, and “conflict-free” diamonds; memorial diamonds make an option with a different supply chain to mined diamonds. As the shift towards conservation continues, increasingly people are choosing celebration diamonds for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and remembrance jewellery.
“Conflict-Free” Diamonds Grow in Popularity
Natural and laboratory-grown diamonds have different supply chains and impacts. Any environmental or labour comparison needs evidence for the particular producer, energy source and mining operation being discussed.
Celebration and memorial diamonds are laboratory-grown alternatives to mined diamonds. Their origin is different, but that alone does not prove a particular environmental or ethical outcome.
Celebration Diamonds Can be Customized for Any Occasion
Memorial diamonds may be chosen for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays or remembrance jewellery. The diamond can be personalised through its available colour, cut, carat range and setting.
Because they are made from cremation ashes or hair, endless possibilities exist to combine cremains or hair from loved ones or family members. Couples often use locks of their own hair to create an eternal bond of their actual carbon deep within their engagement, wedding, or anniversary ring. Families can also join cremated remains of a loved one with hair from the surviving family members for cremation diamond jewellery. Pet hair can be used alone or in combination with other hair or ashes. Pure carbon is extracted from the sample of hair or ashes mixed together and then used to grow the memorial diamond.