tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16514006259374935962024-03-13T10:26:44.855+00:00New Developments from Phoenix Memorial DiamondsThis is the blog page of Phoenix Diamonds. We make real memorial diamonds in a laboratory, using carbon extracted from cremation ashes or hair, they are not fake, CZ or Moissanite, they have all the properties of mined diamonds but without the blood, sweat and tears of hard labour and the massive upheaval of the world.
We also put ashes into glass, crystal and make memorial windchimesMore Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-61404405851894818092017-05-19T15:53:00.000+01:002017-05-19T15:53:02.208+01:00As it says on the tin "More Developments"..............This year, we - <b>The Phoenix Group</b> - will have been in the very specialist business of manufacturing 'Memorial Diamonds' (real diamonds using the carbon from within ashes and hair) for about 14 years.<br />
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Under various websites, designed by various website (so-called) 'Experts' - we have learned the hard way how the industry works, so I think I should write a book or at least write "<b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">what I now know about websites</span></i></b>" to try and help both websites owners, users and website visitors - especially the visitors to ours.<br />
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<li>There really are some bandits out there.</li>
<li>There are some really smart arses who ought to know better. Lies are always found out.</li>
<li>Because websites are seemingly almost an art-form, they come in many guises.</li>
<li>Websites can be simple scripts (like a document) or in 'Template' form. Would you know?</li>
<li>Good website design costs a lot of time and consequently reasonable money.</li>
<li>Where the domain rests is fraught with danger, be-it the web geeks own server or yours.</li>
<li>Some unscrupulous 'experts' can build-in secret backdoors, secret links to their and your sites. </li>
<li>A bandit can hold you to ransom if you don't pay a certain fee - because he/she may actually own the website domain - even with your original permission.</li>
<li>Some website designers mean well - but totally miss the whole point of - we the customer <u>may not know what we don't know</u>, but it doesn't't mean we don't know what we like and what we don't like - but then don't know how to achieve what we require because we don't speak HTML or CSS coding or understand trickery and their expertise.</li>
<li>You can have a great idea, come up with a domain name, and then some cunning plagiariser comes along and registers a similar name and copies all your ideas - and because they may be better at SEO (search engine optimisation) get themselves into the Google stream faster and higher up the pecking order than you.</li>
<li>Some beautiful websites have cost blood, sweat & tears, perhaps loads of money - but then just die. For example 'J.K.Rowlings' first website of her office desk. Not many people, or fans, or fanatics will realise the deep hidden thoughts behind the tricks of their trade designed by really clever designers. </li>
<li>There are basic rules in the design of websites. Rules for SEO, rules for helping buyers easily buy your products from the page and rules of subliminal physiologic enticement.</li>
<li>Go for at least 3 estimates/quotations and check out their past and present customers. If they don't wish to show them - why??? </li>
<li>Be very specific what you are aiming for. Give examples of the better sites you have visited.</li>
<li>Check to ergonomic colour schemes (some colours put people off?) </li>
<li>Make it easy for people to flow through your site.</li>
<li>Use the tricks of Google.... i.e. use 'Blogger' as Google will be seeing it and will easily check it out for what you are writing about. [this site is Blogspot - Googles first]. </li>
<li>Images say a thousand words. Take good quality photo's or buy excellent photos or pay a professional to supply photo's. </li>
<li>Don't ever pay 100% upfront. A commission fee, first site check, hand-over and final proof are stages - with at least 1 month to sort out glitches (they nearly always exist). 30% : 30% and 20% with a 4 week retention of the final balance. </li>
<li>Do not take anything for granted : They are not mind readers OR they think they are. Don't assume anything. Write everything down. Keep dates, times and stage notes.</li>
<li>Do some research. Check out website formats (WordPress comes in two forms, upload WP.com to your server or buy into WP.org) - but remember about owning your domain.</li>
<li>In WordPress there are many geeks who have designed 'themes' - almost a template for you to add photo's, text, contact boxes and blogs. </li>
<li>Know the difference between Admin and user level access. You need to keep full control as YOU own it all - not your designer. You need to be able to cut the 'Fat Controller' out.</li>
<li>Always choose high strength passwords and user names. Always keep software and themes regularly updated. Take a back-up and know how to get it back up running. </li>
<li>When you register a domain name, keep in mind plagiarisers may buy a .com if you have only bought .co.uk. You may wish to register protective similar names - but you have to know the reasons why and budget accordingly. </li>
<li>Do research on domain names. Are they copyright, trade-marks, names established.</li>
<li>Think hard about Twitter, LinkedIn, FaceBook, Instagram et al - NOTHING is ever free. Usually FREE stuff comes with a penalty - usually YOU are the product. Google and ALL the Google products say they are 'Free' - but they wish to spy on what you do, say, want, write about. </li>
<li>Be very careful what you write down on any website. It may as well be written in stone/concrete for it could be recorded FOREVER</li>
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These pointers are just a few of my pet hates, likes, lessons, tricks, downright thefts.......</div>
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More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-82826352185764802982016-10-17T14:49:00.000+01:002016-10-17T14:49:17.800+01:00I HAVE TO BE HONEST - It's been some time since I blogged - but we did start in 2006......Sometimes, the many pressures of modern business life, divert you, make you take our eyes off the ball and stop us from saying <b>thank you</b>. So to all our many <b>customers</b>, friends, our suppliers and workers...... <b>THANK YOU </b>for 12 years of support. <b>THANK YOU </b><b>THANK YOU </b><b>THANK YOU</b><br />
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Having had more than <b>7000 enquiries</b> in the form of e-mails, telephone calls and leads from our websites, friends and (some) Funeral Directors, we have done our best to offer a sensible price for an incredibly difficult diamond process manufacturing REAL diamonds from carbon extractions. <br />
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There are just <b>4 of us in the whole world</b> : When we started there was only one other company - LifeGems.Inc in America. Their ridiculous high prices really brought us into play. Now after all these years, there are still only THREE 'others' who offer a <u>similar product</u> [this excludes the many FAKES, rip-offs and bizarre creations].<br />
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We know the costs are important - but life and DEATH only happens once. If you scatter the ashes or bury your loved-one, you miss the unique opportunity forever and you know what they say.... it's <i style="font-weight: bold;"><u>diamonds</u></i> that <u><i style="font-weight: bold;">are forever</i>.</u>...just saying ;-) So many have commented "I wish we had made a diamond at the time......."<br />
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Being <b>British</b>, we pay <b>UK</b> taxes and concentrate on customers in the UK. Over the years we have established agents in Oz', South Africa, Italy and Asia - but they too have started from scratch but it's hard work and each Country have their peculiarities. Thank you to all our agents.<br />
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Of course, during that period, we were bound to receive BOGUS enquiries - which not only let our competitors look into how we do business, but also tied up our already busy day.....so <b>NO THANKS to the time wasters.... </b>and whilst I'm bitching <b>- </b>What is it about <b>SPAM?</b> Just because a telephone number and an e-mail address have to be published, it doesn't mean every idiot and the his dog can waste our time reading their <b>weird junk</b>!!!<br />
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Right now, I'm considering <b>retirement</b>...yikes!!!! Suddenly I'm 69 this year, so I look back with joy that I have helped so many bereaved customers memorialise their loved-one. There have been some really fantastic diamonds made - <b>The Jessica Diamond; The London Riots Diamond; The Honey Bee Diamonds;</b> and many famous customers who remain confidential.<br />
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<b>FaceBook</b> : My personal thoughts are - Horrible as it is, it seems to be a pre-requisite for modern business....But seemingly also to make bizarre announcements about a private life, to voice opinions, to bitch, BUT generally to BE a product of Mr SuckerBird. Personally I cancelled the Phoenix 'FB' account, I object to being researched and marketed and I think it's a massive folly to expose so much private detail publicly - <b><u>but that's just my opinion.</u> </b><br />
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<b>WHY?</b> (did we start 'Equine'?) Well, dealing primarily with DEATH, the deceased and the bereaved, making diamonds from the living has to be a good thing. Ever optimistic, I decided to use our ability to make diamonds from hair by offering them from LIVING horses mane and tail hair under a joint 'FB' account - <b>Equine Diamonds.</b> It costs us dearly to stop a plagiariser from copying our 'FB' pages in Equine Diamonds - Grrrrr......<br />
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We have now resigned from the NAFD and from SAIF. Quite frankly - it was a complete waste of money and the membership. Funeral directors are at the leading edge of Death and in my opinion don't really consider the BEREAVED at all. I thought they would offer much more info' to the people left behind - (say) about Urns, Memorial Jewellery; More about what could be done WITH ashes (fireworks, scattering etc:) and of course 'Memorial Diamonds.<br />
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With that lot off my mind, <b>THANK YOU</b> <b>once again for being a customer or having an interest.</b><br />
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Some links :- equine gems.tel (micro digital business card)<br />
phoenix-gems.tel (Digital Business Card)<br />
More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-28655648331516323452016-03-07T16:11:00.000+00:002016-03-07T16:16:51.786+00:00Tomorrows Traditions Yet again we [Phoenix and Memorial-Diamonds.co.uk] are being associated with or confused with Lisa Barker and her "Tomorrows Traditions" - WE ARE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM, we do not buy anything from them and they do not buy anything off us.<br />
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In actual fact there are two [Time & Dated] 'Cease & Desist' orders against Lisa Barker and Tomorrows Traditions from which substantial damages will be sought in the Courts.<br />
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We have had THREE complaints made in February and March of this year [2016] about the conduct of Tomorrows Traditions and their failings. One lady has recovered her ashes and deposit and has now ordered from us. Another man has stated that 'Trading Standards will be informed because I am not at all happy for my Grand Daughter". <br />
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Today [7th March 2016] a pet crematorium made extensive enquiries with us (about 'TT') and we had to assure him that we are most definitely NOT connected IN ANY WAY and that we had legal actions under way against Lisa Barker.<br />
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It's a very sad state of affairs that idiots can make such bold statements and get away with some of the bizarre products and (so called) bizarrely named "diamonds" they say they are "experts" at making. <br />
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Jonathan Vernon-Smith of the BBC '3 Counties Radio' had a run-in with Lisa barker some years ago, I'm sure he will be interested in the resurrection of Tomorrows Traditions to carry on his exposé......<br />
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See a shocking disclosure we wrote about way back in 2012....http://bit.ly/1QG6rQFMore Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-1697311320170598282016-02-23T14:40:00.000+00:002016-02-23T14:40:36.539+00:00Tomorrows Traditions : Two more complaints in one day!!!!Oh dear, it would seem that Tomorrows Traditions activities have stirred the murky waters yet again? Two complaints, by separate enquirers in one day.<br />
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Readers may recall way back [14th January 2012] I blogged about 'BBC 3 Counties Radio' taking 'TT' to task about a couple of rip-offs they apparently were challenged about. Then there was the despicable disclosure made by one of their partners -> http://bit.ly/21nKzAo<br />
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So now we have two more complaints. One lady very annoyed that 'TT' have her ashes and also her deposit - which she is trying to get back. The other very upset about their activities and was calling the police in. <br />
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This is all on top of the written statement they make that 'others' [including Phoenix] ONLY buy Memorial Diamonds from them [ha ha ha]. Plus we are taking legal action for breaching a trade mark we have "Phoenix Gem"<br />
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More when we've cleaned the fan...........More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-11106699541922632312014-12-24T11:27:00.000+00:002014-12-24T11:27:21.803+00:00What makes Pink Diamonds - PINK??<div style="margin-bottom: 0mm;">
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What
makes pink diamonds pink?</b></span></span></span></div>
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Jane O'Brien</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>BBC
News, Washington</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>They're
one of the world's rarest jewels - but nobody knows for certain why
pink diamonds are pink.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">That
hasn't stopped investors from snapping them up at auction and sending
prices skyrocketing. In October a new world record was set at a
Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong when an 8.41-carat pink diamond sold for
$17,768,041 (£11,438,714) - more than $2.1m (£1.8m) a carat.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Everybody's
talking about them, and everybody loves them," says Jeffrey
Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection at the
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
"Yet you can't tell people why they're pink."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Other
diamonds get their colour from chemical impurities that absorb light.
Yellow diamonds contain traces of nitrogen, and blue diamonds contain
boron. But no similar impurities have been found in pink diamonds,
leading scientists to speculate that the colour may be the result of
some kind of seismic shock that altered the stone's molecular
structure.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's
now hoped that a cache of brown and pink diamonds from the Argyle
mine in Western Australia may solve the mystery. The mine, owned by
Rio Tinto, is the world's largest source of pink diamonds, even
though they're so rare that only a few are produced each year.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As
well as revealing what makes them pink, scientists hope that studying
the diamonds will tell them more about the history of the planet.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Diamonds
are the Earth's messengers, says Post. "They come from a hundred
miles below the surface and tell us about a part of the Earth that we
can't visit. They're also giving us a peek back in time because most
diamonds formed about two to three billion years ago.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Each
one is a time capsule, and the pink diamonds, because they're
different from all the other diamonds, have a different part of the
story to tell."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scientists
have already examined the Argyle diamonds using a mass spectrometer
to try to find any trace of impurities that may be causing the pink
colour. The machine agitates the diamonds and analyses the chemical
structure of the atoms that are released.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"There
is no impurity that we've been able to associate so far with the pink
colour in diamonds," says Post. "Spectroscopic measurements
don't show you any additional features that you can ascribe to a
particular colouring agent."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They've
also used a focused ion beam to cut a tiny trench in the surface of
the diamonds and remove a slither than can be measured under a
powerful electron microscope. They've discovered that most pink
diamonds are not uniformly pink but have pink zones that alternate
with clear areas.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The
zones, known as twin planes, were formed by some kind of shock -
possibly the result of volcanic activity that propelled the diamonds
to the surface or from something that happened to them as they were
being formed deep underground.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"The
twin plane itself should not give rise to colour," says Post.
"But we think when those twin planes form, and slide back and
forth, one against the other like a fault plane, that certain kinds
of defects formed. The defects give us the pink colour. But what
we've not been able to do yet is find the specific kind of defect."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Although
pink diamonds are among the most valuable jewels today, 20 years ago
they were little more than a geological curiosity. Sales have been
driven by savvy marketing and a growing appreciation of their
uniqueness.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"It
really comes down to the rarity," says Richard Revez, a gem
expert at Florida-based Kravit Estate Department. "When you talk
about coloured diamonds, they're already in the elite 1% produced in
the world. Pink diamonds are the 1% of the 1%."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">He
says the most sought-after diamonds are actually red, but orange,
green, blue and yellow are highly desirable. An orange diamond
attracted the highest price paid per carat for any diamond at auction
last year, selling for $35m, or $2.4m a carat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"We've
craved diamonds for millennia," says Revez. The first gems were
probably discovered on river banks in India, but their existence is
recorded in Greek and Roman history. "It was believed there was
a vein that ran directly from the heart to the ring finger - that's
why we wear (diamonds) on our ring fingers. And Cupid's arrows were
tipped with diamonds to pierce the heart easier," he says.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Archduke
Maximilian of Austria is believed to have started the tradition of
diamond engagement rings among the upper classes when he presented
one to Mary of Burgundy in 1477. </span></span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">But
it wasn't until the 1950s that international standards to grade
diamonds were set by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), a
classification system that is still used today. </span></span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">But
only science can reveal why pink diamonds are pink.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pink
diamonds can be artificially created, says the Smithsonian's Post.
And the only way to tell if it's a synthetic stone is to understand
what causes the colour to occur naturally. </span></span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">"Then
I can tell you for sure that that is a diamond that came out of the
earth as opposed to one that came out of somebody's laboratory. It
can make the difference of millions of dollars in the value of a
single diamond, knowing whether it is a natural pink or not."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Extra note by Mike : Although we cannot (yet?) make Pink Diamonds from ashes or hair, we have experimented snd have made 20x 0.5ct 'pinks' brilliant cut (just to see if we can do it from pure carbon). So if anyone is interested, we are willing to sell them at £2500 per 1/2 carat - just call us.........</span></span></div>
More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-81174159302867348052014-11-26T15:56:00.001+00:002014-11-26T16:09:21.686+00:00Just what does a man who actually manufactures 'Memorial Diamonds' do with his own `Mum's ashes?<h2 class="date-header" style="color: #777777; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 1.5em 0px 0.5em; text-transform: uppercase;">
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The answer is - scatter them in paradise. My own Mum died suddenly whilst I was taking my Yachting exams, I wasn't told she had died until AFTER the exam, so it was a very sad time of both elation to pass the exams but to lose your Mum so unexpectedly.<br />
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So, in the end, both have been scattered in Paradise, a gorgeous place called 'Bakers Bay' - just outside Green Turtle Cay in Abaco.<br />
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Sadly, at that time, I had no plans to start a new business in the funeral industry so I missed a great opportunity to save 100 grams of ashes with which I could have made my own 'Memorial Diamond' - from my Mums last remnants.</div>
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I'm expecting my most serious 'competitor' (Russian) to be reading this, but for YOU (my reader and potential customer) I'll offer my opinion. Personally - and it is my decision, Phoenix would not offer any diamond less than 1/4 carat - it is small enough and it very uneconomical to make just one, so we offer them in 'three's (the equivalent to a 3/4 carat order). <br />
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Two of the 'others' will offer 1/10th of a carat - ridiculous, too small, the wind could blow it away and I could buy a 'mined' 10 point white diamond for you for just £22. Now disregarding their perplexing 'range' where they offer "0.1- 0.19" - so what are you paying for 1/10th or nearly 1/5th??<br />
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One website tantalisingly offers "prices start at £185" but beware, it's seemingly for one of four???<br />
Another offers the size "Melee" just to confuse us all. It's still in the range 0.1 to 0.19 - bizarre!<br />
Lets simply work on one diamond 1/10th of a carat<br />
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One quotes a 1/10th ct. at £1395 - that's a CARAT PRICE of £13,950<br />
The other offers 0.1- 0.19 at £2295 - a whopping @22,950 per carat.<br />
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Currently, we charge £3250 for a 1/2 carat brilliant cut Canary diamond [£6500/ct] Pro-Rata<br />
We offer 0.33ct in two's [0.66ct total weight = £4290] and 0.25ct in three's [0.75ct = £4875]<br />
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We only grow NATURAL colours which stem from the special personal carbon you provide - Canary yellow (very like LifeGems) but not "Orange-Yellow" or "Yellow-Green". We also make what we term a "Free-Range" BLUE [what goes in - dictates what comes out] usually very light powder blue but sometimes Royal Blue and rarely sapphire blue. FR-Blue's costs £5475 for 1/2 carat.<br />
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Another bizarre situation..... Being based in the UK, we charge Sterling. I have to question why the American LifeGems UK prices are massively over-priced in Sterling for the UK customers? The US Dollar prices are almost 50% cheaper. If we sell to America - the American's have to pay in Sterling - exactly the price you would pay in Britain.<br />
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Despite what you may find in 'Google' there are many 'other' websites offering 'Memorial Diamonds' but all our older sites [ashes2gems & pets2gems, celebration-diamonds, and Live-on-Diamonds etc:] ALL offer the same telephone number and the exact same address - Sunrise House, Hulley Road, Macclesfield, SK10 2LP.<br />
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The Sunrise House building was developed by this writer with Richard May and Julie Arnold in 1985 The huge 26,000 sq.ft' of offices with 75 car parking spaces are far to big for us, so we let out a range of supported serviced offices and their upkeep but it has been our base since we started. <br />
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Our 'Memorial Diamonds' are actually <span style="color: red;">real diamonds</span> but made from the carbon within cremation ashes (Cremains) and also hair (if the deceased loved-one is being buried).</div>
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Natural diamonds (mined) have grown deep in the earth, compressed by huge pressures and heated to fantastic temperatures - over millions of years. They are 'cherry picked' for COLOUR, clarity and quality - the most expensive are the 'fancy' coloured diamonds which sell for many millions.</div>
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We grow our diamonds like they grow in the earth - under immense pressure, heated to fantastic heat, but instead of years your process takes a few months. They are still REAL diamonds with ALL the exact same characturistics as natural mined diamonds, but the colours we make are within the very valuable 'fancy' range - not £Millions but certainly a few thousand. </div>
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We also grow Blue/White diamonds which we term 'Free-Range' - <i><b>basically what goes in comes out</b></i>. The Blue hue stems from Boron and we aim for the lightest shade we can make from the source of the carbon extracted (from ashes or hair). The processing is slightly different but still HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature)</div>
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It is as complex to make 1/10th of a carat as it is to make 2 carat, we therefore have a minimum order as a compromise on costs and profit for value to you. We also have a cut tolerance of 5 points (100 in 1.00 carat). We never recommend any diamond less than 0.25, they are simply too small. </div>
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Some of our famous 'firsts' include "The Jessica Diamond" (made from an umbilical cord of an 'at risk' baby). 'The London Riots Diamond" (from the detritus in the streets after the riots). "The Honey Bee Diamonds" (made from thousands of bees which died after colony collapse disorder. The profits when sold will be donated to a worthy cause to research of why bees are dying).</div>
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The 'Memorial Diamonds' we grow in our lab' are natural colours (not white as you would expect) but Canary Yellow and a free-range of Blue/White.<br />
We have been experimenting trying to produce PINK DIAMONDS and although this is currently very difficult using cremation ashes or hair, nevertheless some diamonds have been successfully grown which are a beautiful shade of pinks. They are REAL but NOT made from anyones ashes or hair (just pure carbon).<br />
If anyone in the UK is to become engaged/married and they would like to consider our REAL pink diamonds, they are all around the 1/2 carat weight, 'brilliant' cut (round) and we would be pleased to sell them for around £2500 each.<br />
Considering MINED Pink Diamonds are so rare and they are valued at $100,000 [£75k] - $250,000 [£175k] per carat - our lab' grown diamonds are a bargain.More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-85953130110994486782013-12-13T16:49:00.000+00:002013-12-13T16:51:39.794+00:00<img alt="Phoenix Design Jewellery" src="http://www.simonkempjewellers.com/layout/phoenix-design-logo.gif" /><br />
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<b>DON'T BE FOOLED - it's NOT US</b>.<br />
Unfortunately this 'Phoenix' is yet another 'Phoenix' plagiarizing our 'Name within the 'Memorial Diamond' small world. YES - bizarrely SIMON KEMP is an AGENT for 'Semper Fides Diamonds' - part of the Algordanza group in Switzerland and YES he may offer diamonds made form horses hair or carbon within 'Cremains' of animals - BUT HE and ALGORDANZA are NOTHING to do with us.<br />
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US honey bees have been dying by the tens of millions, with annual
death rates of about 30 percent. With fewer bees to pollinate fruits and
vegetables each year, 'beemageddon' may soon cause the collapse of the
agriculture industry.<br />
Honey bees pollinate more than 100 US crops, including apples,
zucchinis, avocados and plums, that are worth more than $200
billion a year. Since 2006, about 10 million bee hives at an
average value of $200 each have been lost in what scientists call
the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), according to a new report by
the US Department of Agriculture.<br />
There are currently about 2.5 million honey bee colonies in the
US, which is a drastic decrease from the 6 million that existed in
1947 and the 3 million that existed in 1990. Last winter alone, the
honey bee population declined by 31.1 percent, with some beekeepers
reporting losses of 90 to 100 percent. In the previous two winters,
beekeepers lost about 22 percent of their populations.<br />
<i>“Currently, the survivorship of honey bee colonies is too low
for us to be confident in our ability to meet the pollination
demands of US agricultural crops,”</i> the USDA report states.<br />
California’s almond crop, which blooms toward the end of winter,
would suffer the most. About 80 percent of the global almond supply
comes from the Golden State’s orchards, and 70 percent of the
state’s crop is marketed overseas.<br />
US beekeepers truck about 1.5 million out-of-state colonies to
the almond orchards each year, which depend on the insect’s
pollination. The colonies are tasked with pollinating about 760,000
acres of almond trees at the end of each winter. It takes 60
percent of all US bee colonies to pollinate the $4 billion
crop.<br />
Zac Browning, a beekeeper, told NPR that the almond orchards
have become <i>“ground zero in commercial beekeeping”</i> and that
many beekeepers drive over from their home base in the Midwest.<br />
But with a bee shortage that gets worse every year, many of the
almond orchards will never be pollinated, which could eventually
cause a global almond shortage and economic consequences for the
US.<br />
The USDA knows how the agriculture industry will be affected by
the large-scale bee die-offs, but does not know why exactly they
are dying in such numbers. The report cites <i>“multiple factors…
including parasites and disease, genetics, poor nutrition and
pesticide exposure”,</i> while also citing last summer’s drought as
a contributing factor.<br />
<i>“Undernourished or malnourished bees appear to be more
susceptible to pathogens, parasites, and other stressors, including
toxins,”</i> the USDA report states.<br />
During CCDs, surviving adult bees abandon their hives, leaving
behind the queen bee, brood and food stores.<br />
<i>“Bees across the country are not in as good a shape as last
year,”</i> Eric Mussen, a University of California bee specialist,
told the Christian Science Monitor. <i>“When you stress them far
enough, the bees just give in.”</i><br />
After large-scale honey bee die-offs each winter, beekeepers try
to restore their populations in the summer. But with the
populations dropping so low, the economic ramifications are almost
unavoidable.<br />
The European Commission suspects that neonicotinoids, a class of
insecticides chemically related to nicotine, might be responsible –
at least partially – for the die-offs and the CCDs. Honey bees have
also died off in unusually large numbers in Europe, prompting the
commission to impose a two-year ban on neonicotinoids last month to
give scientists time to review the chemicals’ impact on bee
health.<br />
But US officials have stated that they don’t have enough
evidence to ban neonicotinoids. And with a drastically decreasing
honey bee population, ‘beemageddon’ might be just around the
corner.<br />
<i>“We are one poor weather event or high winter bee loss away
from a pollination disaster,”</i> Jeff Pettis, the USDA’s bee
research leader, said in the report.More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-4627768753604225382013-04-23T17:43:00.001+01:002014-02-10T10:57:48.420+00:00We would like to help a very nice person........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgg_i_huHqKnKmMx26AoY_K0QbH_YmI-2sZo-DwAum5_14UcyLMQ0fGTaQ6I598AxbaKv5c50edpQ4SxkTPgbInvADH6I88btIfjP6oMvsY_ldQmAlsDX75K_Nn-LIkhctMh1WkNZCR4k/s1600-h/2ndhandradiantring-web.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgg_i_huHqKnKmMx26AoY_K0QbH_YmI-2sZo-DwAum5_14UcyLMQ0fGTaQ6I598AxbaKv5c50edpQ4SxkTPgbInvADH6I88btIfjP6oMvsY_ldQmAlsDX75K_Nn-LIkhctMh1WkNZCR4k/s400/2ndhandradiantring-web.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205149112027886498" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>Engaged?? To be Married???<br />
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FOR PRIVATE SALE beautiful real diamond ring - REDUCED to just £2950<br />
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Although we do not deal in natural diamonds, we would like to help a dear friend, by offering for sale - a fabulous 1 carat natural white 'Asher' cut diamond set in a 9.7 gram plain platinum ring [10.65mm finger hole]<br />
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Can anyone tell the difference between 'natural' (mined) diamonds and man-made laboratory grown 'Memorial Diamonds'? We are asked this all the time. The simple answer is NOT EASILY.<br />
Our Canary yellow diamonds test as 'Diamonds' (as real diamonds do). But both our free-range Blue diamonds and Natural diamonds conduct electrcity due to boron, so will give 'false-positives' on many cheap diamond testers where results may be interpreted as 'Moissanite' (a simulant). Only very expensive equipment used by 'AnchorCert' and developed by 'De Beers' can truly identify our genuine memorial diamonds. More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-86267861156909023762013-04-18T16:13:00.001+01:002013-04-23T17:37:07.278+01:00We wish funeral directors would promote UK 'Memorial Diamonds' - so why don't they?Considering we (Phoenix-Diamonds.com) are the only UK based 'Memorial
Diamond' maker in the world, you would expect British funeral directors
to learn more about Who, What, Why, When, Where and How....... Our
competition is Russian, American and European - and that's it!!! Why?
Because the equipment runs into ££Millions and the expertise spans many
many years (of both failure and successes) so we are not likely to
suffer anyone setting up next week. But there is a difficulty facing
all the bereaved left behind who wish to memorialise their loved one -
with such huge sums involved (£3250 to £12,500) the industry is bound to
have the con's and 'suspect' products..... Already we have had
'Tomorrows Traditions' allegedly conning customers who (in the words of
an ex partner...) have supplied diamonds NOT made from the ashes of the
loved-one. It would be simple to buy a man-made diamond of almost
flawless quality, throw the ashes away and hand over the cheaper diamond
at the more profitable price of a real 'Memorial Diamond'. Also,
colours are suspect and we will tackle this in our next posting........
hold your breath
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We know (as manufacturers) making diamonds at all is a modern miracle. To make them from 'Cremains' (cremation ashes) or hair is yet another aspect that I think is absolutely taken for granted. <br />
When deciding what type of 'Memorial' (to a deceased loved-one) will be best, consideration should be given to - is the memorium for others to view or is the memento a personal issue.<br />
Over the years we have had headstones with which to make a mark of respect, but surely the MOST enduring, MOST valuable memorial would be a DIAMOND?<br />
They say 'Diamonds are Forever'.... If we are taking just 100 grams of ashes or about 15grams of hair to make THE most everlasting and valuable memento, all the rest of the ashes can still be scattered or the body simply buried - but it is the diamond that will be lasting the longest. It will be passed down through the family, generation to generation.<br />
The costs of making our 'Memorial Diamonds' is creeping up and up, £6500 per carat is not only a worthy purchase but also a worthy everlasting and unique memento - to keep close to the survivors and loved-ones.<br />
You can put ashes into glass (is not a paperweight a bit tacky?) You can put hair and ashes into jewellery but without the very special ability and production facilities costing 'millions' you cannot make a diamond like we can. Can you put a price on that?? More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-59055047746289433712012-10-18T17:44:00.000+01:002012-10-18T17:44:12.762+01:00A raw man-made memorial diamond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are always being asked what our Memorial Diamonds look like before the raw diamond crystal is cut and polished, so I thought I should show you just one. Well - its almost like a dodecahedron or perhaps as an illustration - like 2 square pyramids with the bases glued togther but with more facets. This is a NATURAL growth shape and colour of a memorial diamond crystal. </div>
More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-35491518674376865082012-10-05T12:18:00.001+01:002012-10-05T12:20:15.292+01:00Diamond Colours, Rarity and Price<br />
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Natural (mined) Coloured diamonds (Fancies) come in almost all the colours of the rainbow. Indeed, some colours are more attractive than others, and in particular the colours whose names evoke a strong image - red, pink, blue, green, orange, etc. In such cases, the price depends not only on the rarity of the colour, but also on the demand for it: the greater the demand, the higher the price. Conversely, beautiful grey diamonds are rarer than many other colours, but cost a lot less as the demand for them is currently much weaker. In the same way, colours that laboratories have defined with composite names (orange brown, gray or grayish-blue, yellow orange, orange pink…) are less sought and relatively less expensive, in spite of their rarity. Comments from Langerman Diamonds <br />
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That's why we only manufacture Canary and Free-Range Blue 'Memorial Diamonds'More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-69715844063690402672012-08-15T13:08:00.003+01:002013-04-23T17:39:42.930+01:00The Honey Bee Diamond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We at Phoenix Diamonds just love trying 'Firsts' - we made the first diamond in the world from an umbilical cord 'The Jessica Diamond'. The first diamond from the Promessa process and NOW - the first diamond made from bees [they died a natural death] but from the deaths of 2500 honey bees they will live-on, because from their bodies we extracted their unique carbon, compressed it at 10,000 tons/sq.ins. and heated it to 1300c for some time, to produce a raw diamond which we cut and polished with 58 facets in a brilliant cut.<br />
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The results are truly fabulous, actually a honey coloured diamond at around 1.25 carats.<br />
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Our philanthropy will help towards further research into 'Hive Death' and the plight of bees in a modern society intent on keeping insects in check and unfortunately killing bees in the process (or so it is alleged). Without bees pollinating WE ALL DIE<br />
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The diamonds will be auctioned very soon once the donors of the dead bees have had a chance to see their beautiful results<br />
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<span style="color: red;">We must show you this.....</span> This is a photo' of a diamond offered to us by a far-east lab' - for "US$35,000", it's 0.8 carat [that's $43,750 a carat!!!!] it's princess cut - BUT SURELY IT'S HORRIBLE!!! It's described as "Fancy Brownish Reddish Orange at only $35k"!!! Are they bonkers??<br />
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Our own lab' grown 'Memorial Diamonds' costs £6500 for a gorgeous brilliant cut 1.00 carat canary yellow coloured diamond - AND - It's made from the last remnants of your loved-one. Our Free-Range Blue diamonds have been reduced to £9,950/crt.<br />
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Canary yellow diamonds can cost $100,000/ct in natural form..... and Blue diamonds - a staggering $500,000/carat<br />
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Here is a link to the value of NATURAL (mined) diamonds :-http://tinyurl.com/kx3vtqvMore Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-86983767774631824072012-05-24T17:55:00.002+01:002012-05-30T14:48:52.755+01:00The first diamonds in the world from 'Promession'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two fabulous Canary diamonds, made from both processes by 'Promessa.SA' in Sweden. Promession is the 'freeze-drying' process of laying the deceased to rest, after the process, this can further be enhanced by growing and dedicating a tree or simply scattering the promains. We [Phoenix] extracted carbon from both processes and made 2 unique diamonds from each. A/ 1.00carat brilliant cut canary and B/ a 1/2 carat canary from the cremated remains. The 1.00 carat is likely to be the standard and a real sparkler. This is yet another 'First' for the group. No1, was the 'Jessica Diamond' (from an ubilical cord) 2nd was the 'London Riots' diamond and 3rd - these two made from 'Promession'. No doublt you will read more about both '<a href="http://www.promessa.se/?lang=en">Promessa</a>' and <a href="http://phoenix-diamonds.com/">Phoenix Memorial Diamonds</a> (one of only 4 in the world offering the service).More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-51452274069768441452012-05-03T12:57:00.000+01:002012-10-18T17:31:03.729+01:00The London Riots : A diamond rises from the ashes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Glasgow artist - Teresa Margolles - asked us if it was possible to make a Blue diamond from the detritus of the 'London Riots' (using carbon extracted from various bits of wood, sweepings and other debris).<br />
After extensive processing, we are proud to show the actual diamond featured in the exhibition.<br />
The diamond is a 0.79 carat Brilliant cut Blue/White which is very clean, sparkly and without visible inclusions.<br />
This diamond joins are 'world firsts' [The Jessica Diamond, The Promessa Diamonds]<br />
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Our head office is at Sunrise House, on the Macclesfield Industrial Estate, in Cheshire,<br />
We are not agents or connected to any other 'MD' maker (other than our own Australian agent).<br />
We are supplier members of the NAFD, SAIF & APPCC<br />
The genuine diamonds are laboratory grown using High Pressure (10,000 tons/sq”) High Heat (1300c) over time which was perfected in Russia in the 1950's.<br />
Memorial Diamonds are usually made from 100gms ashes (or 15 gms of hair), sometimes from 500 grams of ashes.<br />
Phoenix made the first diamond in the world from the umbilical cord of a (at risk) premature baby – Jessica.<br />
Canary Yellow and Blue is a natural colour of 'MD's - not white, green, pink, red which have to be irradiated.<br />
Natural Blue and White/Blue are extremely difficult to make, so are expensive and can take a lot longer to grow.<br />
Phoenix genuine diamonds are the least expensive in the world at £2950 for a ½ carat canary (minimum order). Our size sales tolerance is +/- 0.05crt (5%) not 9% like 'others'.<br />
'MD's are usually more expensive than mined diamonds.<br />
Hardly any 'MD' is totally flawless and is as unique as the ashes/hair used.<br />
Phoenix 'MD's cannot be made from DNA (it dies at 300c) or a few strands of hair (there is not enough carbon)<br />
DiamondAura, diamonette, CZ, Moissanite, Silicon Carbide are NOT diamonds. There are many fakes and names.<br />
Genuine 'MD's have the exact same characteristics and spec's as mined diamonds and can be certified (if required).<br />
It takes 13 – 15 weeks to process the 15 stages for Canary and about 8 months for Blues.<br />
Our smallest diamond worthwhile is 0.25crt, the largest we can make is around 2.00 carat. The most common 0.75crt.<br />
We ask for only 50% upfront, the balance on delivery. We do not have-to but prefer to offer 14 days 'cooling off'.<br />
All orders are uniquely numbered and have a separate audit trail right to the delivery of the diamonds in person.<br />
It is not macabre, bizarre or insensitive to desire such a lasting memento of a loved one, it is a unique opportunity.<br />
The bereaved genuinely appreciate being informed about 'MD's as a choice – before burial or scattering of ashes.<br />
Although we do not make the jewellery, 'MD's can be mounted in rings, pendants or just kept safe, and - they will last forever as an immortal memorial for generations.<br />
We also make 'Memorial Windchimes' for £350 and have a license from the patent holder for putting ashes into glass. You can call or text the MD any-time on 0771 288 7993<br />
You can call us on 0870 881 0612 - 9.00am and 9.00pm Mon-Sat. Answer-machine or diverted direct to the MD. No faxes.<br />
The MD's iPhone e-mail address is<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why would anyone desire a BLACK Memorial Diamond?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651400625937493596.post-2082229908405520772012-02-25T15:51:00.001+00:002012-02-25T15:56:09.373+00:00Tomorrows Traditions finally bite the dust, but Bio-Diamonds spring up?A BBC '3 Counties Radio' program was brought to my attention on Wednesday 22nd February. This was Jonathon Vernon-Smith's mid-day consumer help feature. Apparently he had been investigating a very serious allegation from a lady in France that Tomorrows Traditions had stopped answering 'phones and e-mails and that she (the lady) wanted a refund of monies paid up-front, but most importantly she wanted her husbands ashes back. Over the days, Jonathon had tracked Lisa Barker (the owner of TT) to both a working e-mail and a private 'phone line. So the poo is most definitely flying from the fanned flames.<br />
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Now this is all on top of a bizarre e-mail from one of the 'partners' which stated that they (TT) had supplied Memorial Diamonds with NO carbon from a deceased donor. What also became clear was - their supplier was a Russian company, who are now trying to take over from where 'TT' left off. Bio-Diamonds<br />
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In a very specialist niche industry of only 5 memorial diamond lab's in the world, this kind of situation offers more fuel to the existing worries we have gleaned from enquirers over the years. (These are mentioned in our FAQ section) : Are the diamonds REAL : Do we actually use ashes supplied : How much does it cost?. <br />
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With over 150 memorial diamonds made, we don't have one customer unhappy with their diamond we made.<br />
As members of the NAFD and also SAIF, we work to an ethical code of practice. We ONLY make memorial diamonds - from carbon extracted from ashes and hair (and umbilical cords).<br />
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Some of our diamonds are less and some are more expensive than our competitors, but - honestly - we are NOT profit driven. John Ruskin once reflected -Value v Prices - <a href="http://bit.ly/vZst5d">http://bit.ly/vZst5d</a><br />
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Later on, we will explain about why you cannot make diamonds from DNA or make them cheaply.More Developmentshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536812801657364225noreply@blogger.com2