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Episode 2 · 6 minutes 28 seconds New

From Rough to Gem: How Larimar Is Cut and Polished by Hand

Published on YouTube 16 October 2026

Rough Larimar looks like a grey, crusted rock. You rarely know what’s inside until the blade goes through.

In this episode we follow the stone from the mine to the gem: the cut, the slabs, the shaping by hand, a six-wheel polish up to 14,000 grit, and why our stones are 100 % natural, with no resin and no stabilization.

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  1. Grey rock, blue heart
  2. Out of the mine
  3. The gamble
  4. The cut
  5. Slabs
  6. By hand
  7. The polish
  8. 100 % natural
  9. The gem
  10. From the source

Narration: synthetic voice. All footage is real and unaltered: no AI imagery.

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