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About our company
We are a multi-cultural & national group of friends who share a passion for the Ocean, Nature and People. As our friendship grew so did our dreams of starting a business together to bring our favorite and most precious natural gemstone Larimar to the rest of the world. So our journey that gave birth to our company Ocean Child Jewel began. As a company our vision is to promote equality for all as well as bring educational resources to those that need it regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or financial & cultural back-ground.
THE TEAM
Felix Tejada
Passions: Music, Ocean, Skateboarding, Photography
Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic
Aleuris Estevez
Passions: Ocean, Travel, Cook, Dance
Cabrera, Dominican Republic
Kaylem Buncome
Passions: Skate, Snowboarding, Friends, Music
Hollywood, FL USA
Christopher Morel
Passions: Music, Calisthenics, Ocean, Friends
Cabrera, Dominican Republic
LARIMAR GEMSTONE
What is Larimar
Larimar or blue pectolite is an extremely rare gemstone. It has been found only in one location: a mountainous, relatively inaccessible area in the province of Barahona in the Dominican Republic. The first mention of the stone is in a request to mine Larimar in 1916, however it wasn’t until 1974 that the stone really made an appearance.
In 1974, Norman Rilling, a member of the U.S. Peace Corps, and Miguel Méndez, a Dominican found pieces of Larimar on the seashore. The word Larimar was created by Mendez, who combined his daughter’s name Larissa with the Spanish world for sea, Mar.
Larimar’s beautiful blue color is often considered to embody the beautiful blue colors of the sea and sky found in the Caribbean. Its origin and appearance have made it popularly known as the Caribbean Gem.
Origin
Most small blocks of Larimar are in situ, meaning they exist in the very place where they formed. However, through soil erosion some pieces broke off and were moved by rainfall down the slopes of the hillsides to rivers. The river deposited them in the Caribbean Sea, some pieces washed up on the seashore by waves.
The stone is formed when hot gases push crystallized minerals up though volcanic ‘tubes’. In order to mine and excavate the stone miners must identify these tubes and dig deeper and deeper into old volcanoes. Larimar is considered a very rare gemstone as it has only relatively recently been discovered and currently no-one knows when its current supply will run out your Larimar jewelry is sure to appreciate in value over time.
Healing properties
Larimar is considered a healing stone and said to be finely tuned to the human body particularly to the throat area. It is said that it increases speech and communication skills and supports the body’s natural healing process. Persons believing in this have been known to wear Larimar jewelry or to put pieces of Larimar in their pockets or under their pillows. Larimar is also called the Atlantis Stone, because a Spiritual master who lived in Trinidad and Tobago and who founded many Yoga Centers across the world, claimed that some islands in the Caribbean including the Dominican Republic were part of the lost continent of Atlantis. He went further to say that on one of those islands a blue stone with healing powers would be found – a description that corresponds to Larimar. Today, there are thousands of people, naturalists and persons practicing alternative and holistic healing methods, who use Larimar to assist and reinforce healing processes.
CUSTOM DESIGNS
Our excellent team of designers can work with you to create any custom piece of O.C.J Jewelry for you or as a gift. Just send us an email at info@oceanchildjewel.com or message us via Instagram or Facebook and our designers will contact you within 24 hours to work with you on your custom designed piece of O.C.J Jewelry.
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