Larimar Pendulum Earrings Gem Clips Natural Larimar

Natural Larimar

3/4" wide x 1 and 1/2" long and hangs about 2" from your ear lobe on handmade sterling ear wires

set in a fine silver scalloped bezel

silver paddle is about 1 1/2"

Stelling silver

Larimar Pendulum Earrings Gem Clips Natural LarimarLarimar is a rare precious gemstone found exclusively in the Caribbean, on the island of Hispaniola. It is only found in a dormant, volcanic mountain range in the Baoruco Mountain of the Dominican Republic. A Peace Corps worker and a native Dominican found the specimens on the beach in 1970s, where it had washed down from the mountains. They named the gemstone Larimar, combining the name Larissa (said to be the Dominican islanders daughter), a young