Country Dominican Republic | ||
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Similar Lake Enriquillo, Cordillera Central - Dominica, Bahia de las Aguilas, Cordillera Septentrional, Los Haitises National | ||
The Baoruco Mountain Range—Sierra de Baoruco (or Sierra de Bahoruco) is a mountain range located in the far southwestern region of the Dominican Republic. It is within Pedernales, Independencia, Barahona, and Baoruco Provinces .
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Map of Baoruco Mountain Range, 81000, Dominican Republic
The range is a continuation of the Massif de la Selle in Haiti.
Part of the area is protected within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park (Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco), also a Biosphere reserve.
LarimarEdit
The Sierra de Baoruco are noted for the blue colored concretions called larimar, which formed in the range's volcanic vesicles.
Larimar is the Dominican name for a mineral assemblage of acidic silicate hydrates of calcium and sodium. Larimar is a specific type of pectolite (occasionally as ratholite), a pyroxenoid mineral.