Larimar Ring / cabochon / new- 3.4 g - (1)

Ring Larimar / Cabochon / new

Set in 925. Sterling silver

Weight: 3.40 g

14.5 mm x 12.6 mm

New and unworn

Ring size:

U 59 - 60 (sits right between)
UK R - S
US 8.9
Fr 19 - 20
Inner diameter: 18.95 mm


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

Larimar was discovered only in 1974 (the claim that Larimar was already known to the island’s indigenous inhabitants 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 exclusively in dense, fine-crystalline aggregates. The sky-blue color is due to trace amounts of vanadium (not copper, as there are demonstrably Cu-free Larimar); there are also greenish varieties whose color is probably due to lattice defects.

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