The luminous blue gemstone larimar has remained relatively obscure for decades since its discovery in 1916. Larimar Jewelry has been confined to local Dominican artisan stands. That is until Marahlago ...

BAHORUCO, Dominican Republic (AP) – The men in ragged clothes, many barefoot and covered in grime, scramble deep into the earth, searching for veins of a blue-green stone believed to exist only in the ...

The Marahlago origin story begins like many adventures—with an explorer searching for hidden treasure. As the tale goes, founder Adrian Nixon first stumbled upon the rare larimar gemstone while ...

Dominican larimar miners have a dangerous job The mines can run as deep as 120 meters (395 feet). Mud-covered men squirm through tight spaces in suffocating heat with only a string of dim lightbulbs ...