Larimar 2 x stud earrings- 1.44 g - (2)
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Description from the seller
2 Larimar stud earrings / cabochon / new
Set in 925 sterling silver
Total weight: 1.44 g / 7.2 ct
7.9 mm x 6.4 mm x 16.2 mm
New and unworn
Larimar is a blue‑white mottled variety of pectolite, which has so far only been found at two localities: in a altered 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 also occurs on Hispaniola, which is sometimes processed in the same facilities in Puerto Plata as pectolite.
Larimar was only discovered in 1974 (the legend that Larimar was already known to the island’s indigenous people is not true) 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, since there are verifiably copper‑free Larimars); greenish varieties also occur, whose color presumably results only from lattice defects.
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Seller's Story
Dipl. Geol. Tim Güldenpfennig
Translated by Google Translate2 Larimar stud earrings / cabochon / new
Set in 925 sterling silver
Total weight: 1.44 g / 7.2 ct
7.9 mm x 6.4 mm x 16.2 mm
New and unworn
Larimar is a blue‑white mottled variety of pectolite, which has so far only been found at two localities: in a altered 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 also occurs on Hispaniola, which is sometimes processed in the same facilities in Puerto Plata as pectolite.
Larimar was only discovered in 1974 (the legend that Larimar was already known to the island’s indigenous people is not true) 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, since there are verifiably copper‑free Larimars); greenish varieties also occur, whose color presumably results only from lattice defects.
Shipping as insured registered mail.
Seller's Story
Dipl. Geol. Tim Güldenpfennig
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Number of objects
2
Main mineral
Larimar
Mineral form
2 x stud earrings
Supplement
925 Sterling silver / cabochon / new
Weight
1.44 g
Country of origin
Dominican Republic
Sold by
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Rechtliche Informationen des Verkäufers
- Unternehmen:
- Tim Güldenpfennig
- Repräsentant:
- Tim Güldenpfennig
- Adresse:
- Tim Güldenpfennig
Hegelstr. 32
72108 Rottenburg
GERMANY - Telefonnummer:
- +4915756630304
- Email:
- tigue@gmx.de
- USt-IdNr.:
- DE246631347
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