When ANU rock expert Matthew Valetich died tragically young at the age of 35 this year, his colleagues did all the usual things mourners do: they gathered and sang his favourite songs. They cried and hugged each other. They even brought rocks which the rock expert might like.
And then they turned him into a diamond - literally. His widow pulled the lever on the high-pressure machine at the university and, lo and behold, a diamond was produced.
