LARIMAR
A DOMINICAN TREASURE
It is a unique semiprecious stone in the world, Larimar or Pectolita azul, is in the isolated mountains of the southern region of the Dominican Republic where the tropical climate and the exuberant vegetation create one of the most beautiful landscapes of the island Hispaniola, in a Explosion of gigantic and fruit trees, among symphonies of orchids and bromeliads. Because of its intrinsic beauty it has gradually conquered the international market.
Larimar or Pectolita Azul is only found in a very small area of our country; This Royal Treasure is rooted in the unique knowledge that these findings bring us: Each Fragment unearthed by the miners with a hard manual work, represents a link of the geological history of our country: it tells us when about 100 million years ago, our Island was a long rocky massif that emerged from the ocean floor, with basic volcanic rocks that were replaced with the eastern end of what is now the Bahoruco sierra.
It lies in the colors and properties of this gem, which has its origin near the enchanting Caribbean Sea, in a setting of wonderful beauty.
The larimar keeps within itself the essence of water and air: The water related to the emotions of the heart heart that has been called the Stone of LOVE, and the air that presides the sensations of the mind. In perfect symbiosis between thought and feeling, the larimar establishes a connection of peace that unites the mind and the heart with the blue color of tranquility.
HISTORY OF THE LARIMAR
- WHAT IS LARIMAR Larimar is, from the mineralogical point of view, a pectolite (calcium-sodium silicate). (Si03) 3 (Ca2NaH) colored in green and blue tones and which, in its most appreciated variety, acquires a turquoise hue. Its attractive color as well as its hardness (4.5-5-5) on the Mohs scale, polishing ability and brilliance make this stone an excellent jewelery material. Its discoverer, the Priest Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren requested in 1916 the exploration and exploitation of the mine but by the ignorance of this pectolita was rejected, later in 1974 Miguel Mendes and a Volunteer of the Corps of Peace Norman Rilling while walking by the South Beach Of the Island re-discovered this pectolite that came from the Mountains above, Mendes I call Larimar Lari in honor to its daughter called Larissa and Sea by the similarity of the blue color of our Caribbean sea; Since then began with its transformation and commercialization of the most attractive varieties.
WHERE IS IT LOCATED
It is located in the small mining of Los Checheses in the Sierra de Bahoruco, Proviencia Barahona, which has a dimension such that it can be approached from what today must be considered as the object of a real mining investigation: the geological conditions of its presence, Its location and social context, the economics of its exploitation, its environmental sustainability, the safety and health of its active agents, the repercussions on the environment that means its exploitation and, in addition, the meaning and, where appropriate, exploitation Of a resource that, once understood its value chain.