That figures; about 2 or 3% of trace elements once the volatile materials are gone. The volatile materials are the only ones that matter to me anyway. It makes up almost all of pizza and chocolate chip ice cream. If the best part of me can’t be preserved, then I don’t care what happens to it.
I had to drop off a box of cremated remains once. About the size of a shoebox. It was going to the business office of a somewhat well known New Age group. I handed it to the secretary who looked at it curiously and said “what is it?”. Before I could answer she exclaimed “Oh my God! It’s Clarence!” She was really spooked by it.