{"product_id":"larimar-1","title":"Larimar","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarimar hand cut and polished. Set in .925 Silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNecklace is 18\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCenter stone is approximately 1.50\"x .75\" 35mm x 20mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe history of larimar, a rare blue stone found in the Dominican Republic, \u003cmark class=\"QVRyCf\"\u003ebegan in 1916 when a priest wrote a letter to his archbishop mentioning the stone, but it wasn't mined at the time\u003c\/mark\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1974, Miguel Méndez, a jewelry shop owner in Santo Domingo, and Peace Corps volunteer Norman Rilling rediscovered larimar on a beach at the base of the Bahoruco Mountain Range. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe two men noticed that the few stones they found were alluvial sediment, washed into the sea by the Bahoruco River, and traced the stone's source to a large rock formation deep within the volcanic mountain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMéndez named the stone after his daughter, Larissa, and the Spanish word mar, which means \"sea\", to suggest the colors of the Caribbean Sea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BlackFly Customs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47896390893758,"sku":null,"price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/7272\/7486\/files\/PXL_20260627_160553656.jpg?v=1782755485","url":"https:\/\/blackflycustoms.com\/products\/larimar-1","provider":"BlackFly Customs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}