Larimar Ring / cabochon / new- 3.64 g - (1)

Ring Larimar / Cabochon / new

Set in 925 Sterling Silver

Weight: 3.64 g

14.5 mm x 12.8 mm

New and unworn

Ring size:

U 62
UK T 1/2
US 9.9
Fr 22
Inner diameter: 19.7 mm

Larimar is a blue-white veined variety of pectolite, previously detected at only two localities: in a transformed ultrabasic volcanic rock on the Barahona Peninsula in the Dominican Republic and at the “Fittà” near Soave in Italy. Larimar has nothing to do with the blue amber also found on Hispaniola, which is processed in the same facilities in Puerto Plata and in the same manner as pectolite.

Larimar was only discovered in 1974 (the claim that Larimar was known to the island’s indigenous people is a legend) and has been commercially used as a gemstone since the early 1980s. Compared with white pectolite, Larimar is harder (up to 6 on the Mohs scale) and occurs only in dense, fine-crystalline aggregates. The sky-blue color is due to small traces of vanadium (not copper, since there are copper-free Larimars); in addition, there are greenish varieties whose color is presumably due solely to lattice defects.

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