Larimar Cabochon

Larimar or blue pectolite is an extremely rare gemstone. It has been found only in one location: a mountainous, relatively inaccessible area in the province of barahona in the dominican republic. The first mention of the stone is in a request to mine larimar in 1916, however it wasn’t until 1974 that the stone really made an appearance.
in 1974, norman rilling, a member of the u.s. Peace corps, and miguel méndez, a dominican found pieces of larimar on the seashore. The word larimar was created by mendez, who combined his daughter’s name larissa with the spanish world for sea, mar.