More of a question than an idea because I’m not seeing that this has been done, though it’s probably been proposed.

Not an urn, glass orb or even concrete sculpture, this would look like a Roman stone statue that would actually be the person in stone that was liquified and molded.

I’m chilling at the beach, not gonna spend too much time on this.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 18 2024

Time capsule Snakes_20In_20A_20C...ty_20Time_20Capsule
[doctorremulac3, Apr 18 2024]

rock filler https://www.youtube...U&ab_channel=yellca
something like this. [Loris, Apr 18 2024]

Slag as insult https://youtu.be/uj...si=ks-QQUvYg2n-nrfS
[pertinax, Apr 19 2024]

Hah, my "introspective memorial block" (link in category list above right) predates that patent by over a year.
-- Loris, Apr 18 2024


Hey doc, how about we make some cremain-concrete statues of people lying down, then bury them in graveyards? That'll really confuse archaeologists in the distant future.
-- Loris, Apr 18 2024


Actually specified no concrete but we go with stone I’m in.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 18 2024


And that reminds me of my favorite idea. (Link)
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 18 2024


//I'd guess - even without looking for prior art - that the basic idea goes back even further.//

You'd think so, wouldn't you?
I assume I did a search at the time, though, and didn't find anything matching my idea precisely. Not conclusive, of course, but if people are applying for patents on cremain bricks so recently, it's presumably not widely known to exist, at the very least.

//Actually specified no concrete but we go with stone I’m in//

Oh, I see - I misunderstood that. You want to melt rock and then add the cremains.
It's harder work, but I think it's doable.
-- Loris, Apr 18 2024


There's some refining process which involves melting rock - a metal ore, I think, to get the metal out. They pour the 'lava' out later - it's basically a waste product but you can grind it up to make... an abrasive or something. Anyway, it's really tough rock.
So you could take your cremains there, add them to a small batch of lava and pour into a suitable mould. Much more efficient.
-- Loris, Apr 18 2024


I don't think it was from iron ore. Possibly nickel.

But yes, if you could get a nice glassy slag that could work quite well.
-- Loris, Apr 18 2024


Re: slag dump link:

1- Whoa!

2- Slag sounds like a nasty insult.

"Oh, so-and-so? Total slag."
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 18 2024


(re link) Yea, thought slag was too good an insult to not be out there already.
-- doctorremulac3, Apr 19 2024



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