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"Natural Diamonds infused with human cremated remains," said the subject line in the e-mail, and how could we keep from reading on? Turns out there's a Canadian company that will inject 5 grams of a loved one into an inclusion, or slight flaw, in a diamond's surface. "We can also laser the diamond with the name of the person ...

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