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Production Process

The first step is for you to let us know that you are ready to make your Memorial Diamond.

From there you have the option to order you diamond directly from this website or from one of the funeral homes or other locations that offer the Algordanza Diamond.

For all you questions and concerns we are always at your disposal.

The order process is as follows:


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The client gets in contact with us either directly or through a funeral home. On placing the orderthe client may submit a check for a payment in full or other forms of payment are accepted.

The local funeral home can send the remains directly to Algordanza or the family can be in charge of shipping.

Algordanza directly requests for the cremation ashes from the crematory or funeral home for transfer to Switzerland.

In our laboratory a physical-chemical analysis of the ashes is carried out. There a kind of "chemical finger print" will be prepared.

This analysis is on the one hand necessary to be able to steer the subsequent physical and chemical processes, on the other hand the analysis documents the source of the memorial diamond from the original cremation ashes.

Diamonds

First off one or more diamonds can be transformed from the cremation ashes of one deceased person. As basic material for the actual synthesis for one or more diamonds a quantity of 500gr ashes is needed.

The client can dispose otherwise of the remains which are not used for the transformation. If requested all the cremation ashes will be used for the synthesis. They remain in the process until they are completely exhausted

The transformation of the ashes will be carried out with utmost care and reverence. Every production step will be accurately documented.

In an unique preliminary proceeding all inorganic substances (i.e. salts, oxides, etc.) will be chemically separated from the carbon.

The actual transformation process, the conversion of graphite into a memorial diamond (both are pure carbon: one time in a hexagonal, the other time in an octagonal structure) is carried out under enormously high pressure and high temperatur and requires a couple of weeks, depending on the size (weight) of the stone.

 

The memorial diamond is shining in white up to bluish colouring. As different human beings are, as distinct are the tints of the diamonds. The bluish tint is depending on the individual quantity of the element Boron in the carbon. Boron is therefore an evidence for the organic source of the carbon.
 
After the synthesis the rough diamon is cut and polished according to the client's request. Furthermore, the diamond can be engraved in micro scripture by means of laser inscription. Any text is possible, maximum 75 characters, i.e. name and life data of the deceased. The inscription is only readable with a magnifying glass.

  
   

Your memorial diamond will be delivered in a noble wooden box. According to the order request, the diamond will be handed over either personally by an Algordanza representative or by an employee of the funeral home.

  


Prior to each transformation the ashes will be examined for their chemical composition Thereby an inimitable "chemical finger print" is taken, giving high-precision information about the individual composition of the ashes.


By means of an enclosed certificate Algordanza guarantees the 100% origin of the memorial diamond generated from the delivered cremation ashes. Furthermore, Algordanza guarantees for the genuineness, weight, cut and colour of the diamond.


Every production step is accurately documented. The document will be handed over together with the diamond in terms of a certificate as well as the protocol of the analysis. On request a report from a gemmological institute of your choice can be asked for.