Larimar

Pectolite

4.5–5Hardness (Mohs)

NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)Chemistry

1Known origins & mines

Sky-blue pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic — one mountainside at Bahoruco, Los Checheses. Discovered 1974 and named from "mar" (sea); the Caribbean sea-blue stone of Atlantis legends.

Known origins & mines

Los Checheses Larimar Slope · Dominican Republic

Active mining · Legendary locality

Earth's only larimar locality: one mountainside in Sierra de Bahoruco where diver Miguel Méndez named the stone from his daughter Larissa pl…