I never tried Larimar before. I doubt I will ever try again. Most of the stuff is fractured, splintered, so soft you could use it for talcum powder. I purchased a piece from a friend. Yes, you can doublet it with Jade, or other very hard material, but when the fracture permeates from top to bottom, well??.. Then the old standby. Stabilizing? I live in AZ, and I do stabilize Stichtite, because it is worth the effort. You can buy stabilized turquoise anywhere in this state. This Larimar stuff? I am not so sure. Gentlemen, if talcum could be polished like a diamond, we would all give it a shot. I live in an area where pure Onyx in the Tonto Nat. Forest-- is all over the ground. Send you some if you pay the postage. Also, red jasper. Let me know. We have a kind of "honey" type." Onyx is beautiful, but every so often the stuff blows up. Larimar's percentage of blow up is much higher. I thought Stichtite was a PIA, but it is so much more beautiful, to me, anyway. Whidbey Island, in the Puget Sound? Lots of agates, but Larimar? Ok, I am always amazed where stones show up. Makes this endeavor so interesting. Thanks for listening.
Mike
