“Island of Rhodes Howlite” 925 Sterling Silver with Howlite Gemstone

You can also dye howlite any color imaginable. The most common color for dyeing howlite is robin’s egg blue and turquoise.

Howlite crystals from Canada are still the finest in the world.

Howlite is a semi-precious gemstone commonly used to create carvings, decor, and jewelry. You can distinguish it by its chalky cream or grayish-white color and dark, web-like veins that may resemble cracks.

Howlite is a zodiac stone for Virgo and Gemini. For the overactive mind of Gemini, howlite offers peaceful balance — for Virgo’s self-critical nature, howlite offers calming, reassuring properties.

Howlite has a chemical composition of silicon, boron, and calcium. Because of the silicon present, some would classify howlite as a silicate mineral, but most classify it as a carbonate-class borate mineral.

Most borate minerals are rare, making abundant and commercially mined howlite unique. On the Mohs mineral hardness scale, howlite ranks at 3 to 3.5, similar to calcite or platinum.

Turquoise / Blue Howlite can aid the throat chakra, dream recall and enables the understanding of dreams. Howlite is a very calming stone. It is an excellent remedy for insomnia and is calming for overactive mind meaning that it can also be used as an aid for meditation.