Howlite, Traced in Gentle Grey
White and wandering grey give this howlite massage stick a gentle, distinctive character. Branching lines travel across the pale surface, meeting irregular grey patches that interrupt its lighter stretches. Soft highlights catch the smooth-looking exterior, bringing out the contrast between the flowing pattern and the simple outline.
Howlite takes its name from Henry How, the chemist and mineralogist who first described it. That small piece of its history adds a human name to a stone whose markings feel so freely drawn.
The elongated shape tapers from a broad, rounded end to a narrower rounded tip. In an imagined winter landscape, its grey branches could be paths crossing white fields, gathering into shaded patches before wandering apart again.
