Luxury olufikelelekayo: Larimar ilitye

Larimar ilitye, ezithi zibekwe ngezantsi isithombe ngezimbiwa ekhethekileyo semi-elixabisekileyo leyo geni i Dominican Republic. Eli lizwe ukwakweli kwisiqithi yaseHaiti, ibekwe noLwandle lweCaribbean. Ukususela imbono komhlaba, larimar libhekisela uhlobo silicate calcium eyaziwa ngokuba pectolite. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe kanjalo ukuba esi sakhi yahlukile nabanye umbala yayo engaqhelekanga. Izazinzulu ziye zabonisa ukuba ilitye Larimar sisiphumo mlilo, ngoko ingafunyanwa nakwamanye amazwe. Ngelo xesha linye pectolite kunye nombala oluhlaza kuza kuphela ukusuka Dominican Republic.

Sisihlandlo sokuqala ezisemthethweni yembali kweli litye lisukela emva 1916, xa inani iimeko yaba enye umbingeleli Spanish Miguel Domingo ULauren. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba ngaphambili ukuba esetyenziswa yi amaNdiya basekuhlaleni. Emva kokucingisisa amathuba ingeniso enokuba eqinileyo, umbingeleli wabhenela kwabasemagunyeni ukuze afumane imvume kuba nezokukhupha le pectolite ntlobo. Ngoku akukho lwazi ngqo ukuba ngaba isicelo sivunyiwe, ke ilitye Larimar iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi emva oku sekeriweke nayiphi imithombo.

Ngo-1974 waqalisa ukukhuthazwa asebenzayo pectolite eluhlaza kwiimarike zehlabathi. Yonke le nto yaqala nesibakala sokuba ezinye iisampulu zakhe zabonwa eyaziwa ngexesha a othengisa, ilungu iPeace lweSizwe, Miguel Mundesom kwelinye iphondo eselunxwemeni Barahona. Xa umntu efanayo adityaniswe igama bezimbiwa. Kukholelwa ukuba ilitye Larimar yathiywa emva kokuba intombi yakhe Larissa, emva kokuba elithi "Mar", liguqulelwe ngeendlela Spanish "ulwandle". Noko ke, kukho omnye, sesikweni, igama lakhe - Ugcino ngamatye.

Ukuze aqinisekise nabahlali Dominican Republic, amatye eziluhlaza ngasechwebeni kuvela ngalo begudle. Enyanisweni, ukuba wayengekafiki ityala. Isibakala sokuba bathinjelwe Bahoruco River. Xa sele eqinisekisiwe, inxalenye yayo ephezulu baqalisa lundiphakamele ilitye Larimar. Ukususela namhlanje, malunga ezilishumi ukusuka-ntshona kwidolophu Barahona yi wemihadi phantse iminyaka engamawaka amabini iidipozithi, ekuthiwa Los Chupaderos. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba lo mthombo kuphela ezi blue planethi pectolite. Bona geni ngesandla, ngaphandle ukusetyenziswa kwaso nasiphi na isixhobo ezizodwa. Kulo mzekelo, phezu lubandakanywe nezenzo ngexesha leemvula, Wawuzalisa amanzi emaquleni, ngokunjalo nokwenziwa komsebenzi uba ezisongela ubomi ngenxa umngcipheko landslides. An ezincinane umdla kukuba kummandla kwisiqithi Haiti ingafunyanwa nayo pectolite umbala omhlophe kunye oluhlaza.

Nangona yayo engaqhelekanga kwaye unique, larimar - ilitye, apho ixabiso ayikho phezulu kakhulu. Umzekelo, umsesane, nto leyo iba intlama kulo, zinokubiza umthengi kwi mali ayidluli nekhulu eerandi. Ngelo xesha, bonke abo onazo uhombiso zabo yezimbiwa kufuneka ngxama, ngenxa yokuba oovimba bayo beqongqothiwe kungekudala kakhulu.