Larimar Ring

METAL: Sterling Silver .925 (Nickel Free and Lead Free) SIZE(s): 6, 7, 8, 9  STONE: Larimar 8 mm (10 mm Total Width) Shipped Ready-to-Gift in FREE Gift Box Gift Box Upgrades Available Here: https://alphavariable.com/collections/gift-boxes   HISTORY OF LARIMAR The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Mining records show that Father Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren of the Barahona Parish requested permission on 23 November 1916 to explore and exploit the mine of a certain blue rock that he had discovered. Pectolites were not yet known in the Dominican Republic, and the request was rejected.   Rough Larimar Miguel Méndez and Peace Corps volunteer Norman Rilling rediscovered Larimar in 1974 on a beach at the foot of the Bahoruco Mountain Range, the coastal province of Barahona. Natives believed that the stone came from the sea, and they called the gem Blue Stone. Miguel took his young daughter's name Larissa and the Spanish word for sea (mar) and formed Larimar, to suggest the colors of th