Blue Semi Precious Stone From Dominican Republic

Its coloration varies from white light blue green blue to deep blue.

Blue semi precious stone from dominican republic.

The attractive color of this stone makes an excellent material for our jewelry perfect for a special occasion this semi precious stone is attaining an important worldwide recognition for its rarity and the beauty of its coloring. The rare blue stone was a type of stone called pectolites which were not yet known in the dominican republic and the request was rejected and the mine was more or less forgotten. Larimar also called stefilia s stone is a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite found only in the dominican republic in the caribbean. Copper is locked inside a crystal at the time of its formation causing the brilliant color.

High on an isolated mountain top miners use only picks and shovels to work the deposits of this unique caribbean gemstone. Larimar jewelry larimar is an ocean blue semi precious gemstone often mistaken for turquoise or jade found in a remote mountain region of the caribbean. This lovely rare and spectacular mineral gem called larimar is a blue pectolite found in the dominican republic. Larimar is a rare form of pectolite which was discovered in the 1970 s and is only found in the dominican republic.

It has an extraordinary blue appearance similar to the color of the ocean in tropical areas.