Material: Purple Howlite 10.5mm Origin: Brazil Size: Approximately 10.5mm (±0.5mm) Wrist size: Approximately 16.5cm (elastic) Weight: Approximately 33g Features/Meaning: Purple Howlite is popular for its gentle color. Recommended for handmade accessories and bracelets. It is believed that most of the stones currently sold as Howlite are actually Magnesite. These two stones look very similar and are inexpensive, so they have been circulating under the wrong name, especially because they have not been properly identified. Here, it is listed as Magnesite. Magnesite has a pattern very similar to turquoise, and its Japanese name is Ryokudoseki (菱苦土石), which is thought to be derived from the fact that it rarely appears as a rhombohedral crystal and contains magnesium as its main component. The English name is said to be derived from the Greek word "Magnesia lithos," meaning "stone of Magnesia," which is the origin of the word magnesium, the main component. Item No. BG5865-105