1.55" Polished White Howlite Egg - California

This is a beautiful, polished white howlite specimen collected from California. It has been shaped into an egg and polished to a glossy finish all around to expose the bone-white to orange-brown howlite.

Howlite is a white, grey, and brown calcium-based mineral formed by evaporation. It occurs when calcium, boron, and silicon are readily available in an aqueous solution that begins to evaporate. As this solution dries up, the minerals come together to form crystals, somewhat similar to the formation of halite. It typically forms in botryoidal masses that resemble cauliflower heads or nodules. Small, individual translucent crystals of howlite have been encountered, but this type of formation is quite rare.
FOR SALE
$15 $11
DETAILS
SPECIES
Howlite
LOCATION
California
SIZE
1.55 x 1.1"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#356433