Yes I know I'll get a few obnoxious answers but never mind. Can anyone tell me what happens to gold /silver etc, jewellery left on the deceased when cremated. Do the metals used in jewellery vapourise. I am told that artificial joints are seperated from the residue after the burn and before the ashes are cremulated (ground into a fine powder). Are there regulations prohibiting the incineration of jewellery. I also wonder if precious stones deteriorate or if they are unaffected by the intense heat.
2007-04-30 05:03:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Most stones would certainly degrade in some fashion, but few to the extent of those which are essentially pure carbon, i.e. diamonds which end up carbon dioxide dispersed with other gases.Few places show the idiocy of enshrining in law prohibitions which concern only unreasonable sentimentality concerning disposal of effects not removed prior to incineration. Precious metals, on the whole, are less reactive than base metals, but melt at lower temperatures and would flow in any and all nooks and crannies. Do you wish to be the one who goes to the difficulty of recovery and separation from the firebrick?
2007-05-07 20:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Fr. Al 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All metals are melted and become part of the ashes. Even the bones are burned beyond recognition. The heart is the hardest part to burn.
Cremation is 6 hours of intense heat, usually about 5000 degrees Fahrenheit. Nothing survives that heat--all is carbonized or oxidized, and the liquids vaporized.
2007-04-30 05:12:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont't know about in the USA but in the UK all jewellery is removed and given to the family before the body is laid out in the coffin (so way before the cremation), if it has not been removed beforehand.
2007-04-30 05:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The gold is removed prior to cremation
2007-05-05 12:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 17:12:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was pretty sure all that stuff got removed before the body goes to the flames and if it wasn't I'm sure the crem staff wouldn't mind helping themselves to it!
2007-04-30 05:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by Dragon 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
what kinda question is that? i think your in the wrong section hope u find the right answers x
2007-04-30 05:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
why would you want to know ? Have you lost something?
2007-05-07 03:21:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋