Light Blue Stone Larimar

Our larimar pendants are carefully handmade in simply beautiful and mesmerizing designs letting the larimar stone shine on its own with its unique pattern of caribbean light deep blue and blue green sea watercolors.

Light blue stone larimar.

Larimar is also known as the healing stone. Larimar is a unique variety of pectolite which is a stone with an unusual fibrous formation. Although fairly hard 6 5 7 5 this material is also brittle and may cleave or fracture easily. This will lower the price depending on the size and color of the impurity.

This makes it a challenge for lapidaries and a risky choice for jewelry. Though more common as a pale yellow stone sillimanite can have pale blue hues like a light tone aquamarine. Shop beautiful light blue stone beads from natural gemstones like blue lace agate angelite larimar and aquamarine. The blue color is photosensitive and fades with time if exposed to too much light and heat.

The natives believed the stone came from the sea thus naming it the blue stone. This deep blue to an almost sky blue with light white marbling is the most expensive gemstone. Larimar aids in the ability of a person to relay speech and action straight. Its colourations vary from white to light blue to green.

Larimar or blue pectolite is an extremely rare gemstone. An all blue larimar with white swirls and wisps is the ideal but other gemstones may have other spots or stains on part of the gemstone. Originally discovered in 1916 it was named by the dominican who re discovered it in 1974 taking the first letters of his daughter s name larissa and the. Most dark blue specimens have been dyed.

Larimar is also known as the dolphin stone blue pectolite atlantis stone and stefilia s stone. Larimar also comes in green and even with red spots brown strikes etc due to the presence of other minerals and or oxidation. Blue is photosensitive and may fade over time if exposed to too much light or heat. While pectolite was first described in italy in 1828 the unique bright blue variety of larimar is found only in the dominican republic in the caribbean and was only discovered in 1916 and only given its name in 1974.

But the more intense the blue color and the contrast in the stone the higher and rarer is the quality. A mountainous relatively inaccessible area in the province of barahona in the dominican republic. Browse our selection of high quality sky blue and pale blue stone beads of many shapes and sizes for jewelry making. In 1979 the stone was classified semi precious stone and is today depicted as a fine stone.

The doctor miguel méndez by associating his daughter s name larissa and the spanish word for sea mar came up with the name larimar. A larimar stone jewel will give you that special embellishing touch.