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Allison
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 Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:17 am Post subject: Beethoven's hair used to create 3 diamonds |
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Gizmodo http://301url.com/ccf
Some crazy ghouls have figured out a macabre marketing concept that
they hope rich people with more money than brains will snap up, taking
10 strands of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair and somehow turning them into
a trio of half-carat fake diamonds. They extracted the carbon from the
composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths of
hell, and then stomped it down with a million pounds of pressure for a
couple of weeks. After cutting and polishing their concoction, they had
three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. They hope one of these
baubles will sell for $1 million on eBay.
eBay auction: http://301url.com/Beethoven_Diamond |
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanq
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: Beethoven's hair used to create 3 diamonds |
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Allison wrote:
| Quote: | Gizmodo http://301url.com/ccf
Some crazy ghouls have figured out a macabre marketing concept that
they hope rich people with more money than brains will snap up, taking
10 strands of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair and somehow turning them into
a trio of half-carat fake diamonds. They extracted the carbon from the
composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths of
hell, and then stomped it down with a million pounds of pressure for a
couple of weeks. After cutting and polishing their concoction, they had
three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. They hope one of these
baubles will sell for $1 million on eBay.
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I'm surprised they didn't extract the DNA and offer it for
injection into a human embryo! ("Your child, too, can be a
Beethoven - only USD x-million for the procedure, but no
guarantees....") 
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eBay auction: http://301url.com/Beethoven_Diamond
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El Klauso
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: Beethoven's hair used to create 3 diamonds |
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Ah, leave the guy alone. He already produced enough gems when he was
alive. |
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David W
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Beethoven's hair used to create 3 diamonds |
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"Allison" <fritz@spamexpire-200709.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> wrote in
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| Quote: | Gizmodo http://301url.com/ccf
Some crazy ghouls have figured out a macabre marketing concept that
they hope rich people with more money than brains will snap up, taking
10 strands of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair and somehow turning them into
a trio of half-carat fake diamonds. They extracted the carbon from the
composer's hair, exposed it to temperatures approximating the depths of
hell, and then stomped it down with a million pounds of pressure for a
couple of weeks. After cutting and polishing their concoction, they had
three blue "diamonds" sized at .56 carats. They hope one of these
baubles will sell for $1 million on eBay.
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That's taking silliness too far. All carbon atoms of a given mass number are
identical, so it hardly matters where the carbon came from. Surely the intact
hair, which at least is still in a form that could only have come from
Beethoven, would sell for more. |
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