Beethoven's Diamond Hair

Decomposing composer Ludwig van Beethoven's hair turn into a diamonds. A lock of his hair was grown into a precious diamond. Extracted the carbon from the musician's brown hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths of hell. A synthetic diamond company has transformed 10 strands of Beethoven's hair they had result into a three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. Expected to sell for up to $1m on eBay, regarding the estimated £500k price tag. Hoping a high profile musician such as Sir Elton John or Sir Paul McCartney will buy it. But with it being on eBay, anyone can bid on it. LifeGem, the company that has made the diamond, is hoping there will be bids from around the world.

One of the resulting Round Brilliant gems will go to the University Archives, LifeGem will keep another, while the third will be auctioned for the benefit of various charities including the UK's Dreams Come True, an organisation which fulfils the wishes of terminally and seriously ill children.

The German musician’s brown hair was provided exclusively by John Reznikoff, largest and most valuable collectors of celebrity and historical hair. He collects the hair of famous dead people, and has locks from a variety of celebrities including Albert Einstein, Napoleon and Abraham Lincoln. Reznikoff's collection is listed on the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest. The collection also has modern day hair samples from Princess Diana, Elvis, John F. Kennedy, George Harrison and even a bit of horsehair from Triple Crown winner Secretariat. Hundreds of years ago it was the trend to cut hair and put it in a locket.

This is a highlights to the new technology that enables us to make a diamond from a lock of hair. In the past we have only been able to make diamonds from a person's ashes. But now people are given the opportunity to give a gift as a celebration of life.

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