Larimar Slabs

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.
About larimar
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.
The caribbean gem
larimar is considered a healing stone, and said to be finely tuned to the human body particularly to the throat area. It is said that it incre