DO Gemstones found here: Dominican Republic
2 deposits listed · 2 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
Los Checheses Larimar Slope · larimar
Earth's only larimar locality: one mountainside in Sierra de Bahoruco where diver Miguel Méndez named the stone from his daughter …
Dominican Blue Amber Mines · amber
Miocene copal-like amber from Cordillera Septentrional lignite shafts fluoresces cobalt blue — Dominican blue amber is the rarest …