This is a great display specimen of howlite. The 1.8 cm group of radiating crystals is perched on top of a plate of anhydrite, and stands above it with good relief. The howlite crystals are sharp lustrous. In excellent condition, a few missing crystals on close inspection. This piece has particularly good overall aesthetics, with the “pinwheel” look and set so nicely on the anhydrite.

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About These Howlites

The howlite crystals from Bras D’Or Lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia are the best known – to date, this is the world’s only locality to produce howlite crystals, other than a California locality with microscopic ones.

This place can be a little rough… which is a very good thing in some ways, and less so in others!