Larimar Square Pendant

Larimar Square Pendant Mineral: Pectolite var. Larimar Origin: Los Chupaderos in the section of Los Checheses, about 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of the city of Barahona in the southwestern region of the Dominican Republic.  Color: Light Blue and White Treatment: None Material: Sterling Silver (925) Approximate Dimensions: 3cm x 1.9cm x 0.6cm Weight: 4g  Note: Chain NOT Included   10% of this purchase will be donated to The Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation   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 the Caribbean Sea where it was found. The few stones that they found were alluvial sediment, washed into the sea by the Bahoruco River. An upstre