LARIMAR

Larimar is a very rare and unique semiprecious stone (blue pectolite) with different color shades, mostly blue, which can be only found in the mountains of Barahona, in my beautiful contry the Dominican Republic.It is a result of vulcanic activity, which occurred many millions years ago. It's crystalization took place when the volcanic lava was cooling off as columns in the tubular chimneys, in which these pectolites, andesites, basalts and other minerals formed.

The most popular outcrop of Larimar is at "Los chupaderos" about 10 kilometers of the city of Baharona in the south wester region of my country. The first evidences of this mineral appeared in small rollings that were found at beaches of Bahoruco.

But is in 1974 when a member of the United states Peace corp and a Dominican volunteer named Miguel Mendez found the seashore and follow the vestige upstream the Bahoruco river to "Los chupaderos". 

However, there is constancy that already in 1916 the parish priest of Barahona, mieguel Domingo Fuentes Loren, had applied to the Treasury Department for the exploration privilege and the explotation of the mine, but it never happened.

This stone received it's name by the Dominican Miguel Mendez, by combining the name of his daughter LARIssa and MAR, the spanish word for sea, whose color the stone resembles. This stone is also called ATLANTIS STONE.

The exquisite blue-green Caribbean waters of the Dominican Republic will concur that this is an appropiate name for this beautiful stone.

Some people say that the Larimar or "Pectoliza Azul" alows an open mind and release tension and stress, because of the free energy flow. It is associated to the sky and the sea. It's colors ble and white represents harmony between the air energies from the mind and thoughts; and water, from the heart and emotions.

NOBODY KNOWS THE EXACT SIZE OF THE LARIMAR MINE, SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY UNTIL WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THIS PRECIOUS MINERAL, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ITS VALUE ITS EVEN HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL PRICE. BUY THEM AND KEEP THEM AS A PERSONAL TREASURE!

For samples of the grear jewelry that can me made with this exquisite stone See my listing

Thanks,

Marlen Bonilla