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Product Description
Howlite White Stone Slab Lapidary Cabbing Rough Rock
This natural unpolished rough rock white semiprecious stone Howlite slab is 5.7 inches by 3.6 inches and 4 mm thick.
The unpolished stone slab weighs .20 lbs. and is shown wet in the first 3 pictures.
Howlite is a calcium borosilicate hydroxide.
It is found in massive "cauliflower" shaped nodules.
Howlite, which is named for its discoverer Henry How (a Nova Scotia geologist), is always white or gray. It is often dyed, sometimes blue to look like turquoise.
This Howlite is from Tick Canyon, California. The mine stopped being worked for borax in the early 1900's and most of the semiprecious gemstone material sold now is waste product from the mine. It was collected off the dumps for many years, but the area has since been closed by housing developments.
Metaphysical Properties: Howlite is said to decrease selfishness, stress, pain, and rudeness by increasing tact. It is also said to help strengthen bones, teeth, calcium levels and leg cramps. And it is believed Howlite heightens creativity!
