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Howlite is most often available to collectors in tumbled and polished form as an inexpensive
stone. Its white color is easily dyed, and this can be done to resemble Turquoise when dyed a greenish-blue color. Howlite is often used as a cheap substitute
for Turquoise, and some dishonest dealers label dyed Howlite as
Turquoise without informing their sellers about this. Howlite is named for its discoverer, Henry How, a Canadian geologist from Nova Scotia.
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The attractive intersecting veins in Howlite make it useful as an ornamental stone. It is used as gemstone for beads and is often tumbled and sold to amateur collectors. When dyed blue it is used as an inexpensive substitute for Turquoise.
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Howlite occurs at many evaporation deposits in southern California as huge nodules. Notable areas include Tick Canyon (near Saugus), Lang, Los Angeles Co.; Dagget, San Bernardino Co.; Death Valley, Inyo Co; and Boron, in the Kramer District, San Bernardino Co. Howlite also occurs in Nova Scotia, Canada, in Bras D'Or Lake off Cape Breton Island; and near Windsor, Hants Co. Both these localities are known for their tiny tabular crystals on large nodules, and they are the only occurrences to date where visually crystallized examples of this mineral occur.
Other significant Howlite localities are the Muddy Mountains, Clark Co., Nevada; and the Bigadic Mine, Marmara Region, Turkey.
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Datolite - Greater hardness, found in different mineral environment, often occurs in a greater color variety. Bakerite - Greater hardness.
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