Let’s talk about Larimar

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I have done this! And then you forget all about it!
I'm glad you found your larimar.

thank you
of course i now misplaced the great grandma's wedding ring ....
this one is causing me stress

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

miracles will never cease
found my green larimar necklace
and if i can just say
it is so pretty

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Oooh, I have to tell you all about my Larimar Christmas Miracle!

Gather around... haha

At around the second half of last year, I started seeing fake Larimar everywhere. So much so, that I started craving a real piece of Larimar for myself.

I went to a few jeweler stores, but the stones I was been told were Larimar were either something else (imposters include common blue opal and hemimorphite), or way too expensive. I knew Larimar had gotten more expensive with the years, but none of the tiny stones I was being shown were speaking to me.

And then... the exact opposite thing happened to me!

I found out one of my favorite jewelry stores was closing down (they're going online only), so I paid them a visit. In a corner behind the counter, with some old-stock things they had yet to put on display, a bright blue stone caught my eye. Completely by chance. I asked to see it. The clerk handed it to me and told me it was turquoise. Even the label on it said it was turquoise.

It was not. It was Larimar! There was a time when Larimar was cheaper and it was used as a substitute for turquoise.

I knew I'd found my stone

I'm so happy with it! Larimar is so odd in that sometimes the white sections will show chatoyancy, and sometimes the blue sections will have transparency. It will always come with surprises like that.

Here's my beautiful Larimar set, in sterling silver with mother of pearl and matching earrings:

this is so lovely, i am so glad you sniffed it out
well done
i hope it has been getting lots of wear