Diamonds Are Forever?

Has anybody else read or heard the incredible report, that hair can be converted into diamonds? Especially, not anybody's hair, but Michael Jackson's.

Apparently one Chicago firm has informed the media that they had obtained some hair belonging to Michael Jackson, which had been partly burnt in 1984 (they had the foresight already then to have kept it till now?) while he was shooting the commercial for Pepsi Cola, and they are now planning to create a limited edition of diamonds with it. Adding to the announcement: "This is not a joke", said Dean VandenBiesSen, founder of LifeGem, that had patented the process to extract carbon from hair, to transform in crystals then in high quality diamonds.

Sub-products emerging from the slightest connection with any big name celebrities sell, no matter the product itself is of any practical value or not. Very limited in my knowledge of such science, I simply can't fathom how hair could have any contribution in the fabricating of diamonds. Aren't they supposed to be natural stones, something rock hard, but based on something so fragile as hair?? Brittle as well after being burnt???

That was about 4 years ago. I would dearly like to know how this is possible and what kind of process is necessary. More than anything, I would like to know the why of it all. So that you can show off your engagement ring saying it contains a bit of Michael Jackson? And, most of all, why such sensational news is heard no more??

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