Howlite’s River of Grey
This howlite sphere brings white and grey into a gently shifting pattern: branching lines wander across the pale surface, interrupted by irregular grey patches. Its smooth-looking finish has a slight sheen, while the round outline gives those wandering marks a soft, continuous sweep.
Howlite takes its name from Henry How, the chemist and mineralogist who first described the mineral. Here, its markings invite a small imagined landscape: a river dividing through pale terraces, widening into grey pools before finding a narrower path. The simple spherical shape holds that intricate scene together, with each branch leading the eye towards another patch of grey or an open stretch of white.
