Diamonds from Michael Jackson’s Burnt Hair

Hair to diamonds converter LifeGem will make diamonds out of a lock of chard hair that belonged to late pop singer Michael Jackson. The hair was collected right after an accident during which Jackson’s hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1985.

A lock of Michael Jackson's hair (above) will be converted into diamonds

The lock of hair was picked up by commercial executive producer Ralph Cohen, one of the first people to reach Jackson when the accident happened. Cohen threw his jacket over Jackson’s head to help extinguish the flames.

As Jackson was being rushed to the hospital, Cohen picked up the charred lock of hair and put it in his pocket.

American memorabilia collector John Reznikoff, who bought the lock of hair with the jacket, plans to turn carbon from the hair into a number of diamonds.

“Our plan is to give people an opportunity to own a diamond made from Michael Jackson’s DNA,” said Dean VandenBiesen founder of LifeGem. “We are currently evaluating Jackson's hair sample to determine how many diamonds can be created. This will be a limited collection and we anticipate great interest.”

LifeGem and Reznikoff have collaborated in 2007 to create diamonds from Beethoven’s hair.