After sending over some of Cordero's ashes in a canister, Kloots now gets to be involved as the company transforms them into carbon — eventually creating the diamonds and returning the ring home ...

(The remaining ashes are shipped back ... “Often the hair was woven into an intricate design and turned into a ring, a brooch, or a pin. Only the bereaved knew the origins of the hair.” ...

Wedding rings, children’s school artwork ... Earlier this month, she discovered a clump of human ashes, which have a distinctly different consistency than burned wood. They were the remains ...