Traditional funerals have been roughly the same for at least the last 100 years. The deceased is usually taken to a funeral home, where he or she is embalmed and prepared for display in an open coffin. After a few days, the body is then buried or cremated. Typically, there are accompanying practices that can be quite expensive, such as the purchase of an ornate coffin or filling the viewing room with huge floral displays.
Over the last few years, as younger people have reached ages where they are the ones making the decisions, interest in alternative funeral practices has soared. In response, many inventors and companies have devised a variety of innovative ways to handle bodies, ranging from turning them into compost and shipping them into outer space. However, many families do not want to do something that is this unusual. Instead, they want a unique way to memorialize the deceased, while still retaining the ability to have a standard funeral. This is where Eterneva’s offering stands out.
What Makes Eterneva Different?
The Personal Aspect
Eterneva is a new entrant to the funeral, or “death care,” industry that does more than just offer an innovative way to put a person to rest. This company does have technological innovation, but it also knows that the friends and relatives of the deceased don’t just go right back to normal once the funeral is over.
Because of this, Eterneva makes sure to cater to the needs of the living as well as the dead. It offers several months of grief counseling to those who request it and is always willing to provide a listening ear to those affected by the death. During this special Grief Wellness program, customers also receive updates on the status of the creation of Eterneva’s unique physical product.
The Unique Technology and Offering
What makes Eterneva stand out is the physical product that it produces. It does not provide funerals or cremations itself. Instead, it uses some of the ashes of already-cremated loved ones, or some of the hair of the deceased (which is collected before burial), to produce diamonds. These diamonds are real, but they are created through a special lab process. It involves extracting the carbon from a sample of ashes or hair, purifying it to a useful state, and then compressing it under high heat to create the diamond.
It only takes about a half-cup of ashes or hair to provide the carbon needed to create a small diamond. The gems are made one at a time, so you can be sure that there is no intermingling of materials involved. It takes between 7-10 months for the diamond-making machine to produce the finished product.
The diamonds available at the base price can be colorless, yellow, or blue. Additional colors are created through the use of special colorants, so they cost a bit more. Larger diamonds are the most time-consuming and complex to make this way, so they require the largest investment.
When ashes or hair are sent to Eterneva, the company only uses a portion to make the diamond. This ensures that, if anything goes amiss during the jewel creation process, there is enough reserve material to redo the work. If the reserve is not needed, it is sent back to the customer along with the finished gemstone.
Once everything is done, the stone and any remaining ashes or hair are sent to the customer. The diamond can then be taken to a jeweler to be set into a ring or other memorial item.
The combination of a one-of-a-kind diamond made directly from the ashes or hair of a loved one, and the ongoing grief counseling, makes Eterneva’s offering superior to many of the alternatives. Meanwhile, since the diamonds are made only after a loved one is cremated, or after a hair sample is taken, traditional funeral proceedings can still go on. This makes the Eterneva solution excellent for families where some insist on the usual methods, while others want to do something modern and unique.
To learn more about Eterneva and its services, just visit their site. There, you’ll find an extensive FAQ as well as get the opportunity to schedule a consultation with a live representative.
