2PCS 22mm White Howlite/Howelite Heart Shaped Pendants w/Silver Plated Eyelet Natural Gemstone Crystal Mineral Decorative Specimen Beads - China - HQRP-Crystal

• UPC   884667817559
• You will get 2pcs of the Howlite Heart Shaped pendants similar to the ones in the listing, the size and the color of the pendants may slightly vary as well due to the fact that all minerals are different. (see photo, the photos are taken under bright light)! Average 1 Pendant Size: 22mm x 19mm x 5mm / 7/8 x 3/4 x 3/16 Inches. Average 1 Pendant Weight: 3.7g / 0.13oz. Howlite is almost always found in masses or boitroydal nodules. Only rarely is it found as crystals, and they are small. The stone was discovered in 1868 by J.D. Dana and named for Canadian chemist H. Origin: the USA, Canada, S. Africa, China Mineral Species: Howlite Color: White, Bright sky-blue Chemical Formula: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5, Calcium borosilicate hydroxide Mineral Group: Borates Hardness: 3.5 Crystal System: Monoclinic Origin of Name & Mythology: After Henry How (1828 - 1879) Canadian chemist, geologist, and mineralogist, of Nova Scotia, who first described the species. Howlite has the appearance of white marble or porcelain with a sub-vitreous lustre. It is opaque and white or grey with grey, black or dark brown veins running through it. Gemstone quality howlite can be interspersed by the darker matrix (which appears as the veins), or it can be matrix-free and pure white. Howlite is best known for imitating other gemstones.