Dyed Blue Howlite

[chantal990]

Does anyone know if there is a way to remove the dye without harming the stone? I use crystals a lot for healing and unforunately a lot of the new age stores don''t advertise the fact that the holite is dyed. Quite a few people I know have been suckered into buying these stones and wish to remove the dye. Is there and safe way that anyone knows about?

 

[valeria101]

Hard to tell... you would need to soak the piece with a solvent of the dye used. Since the dy is not known, finding the right remover sounds like quite a pain. You could try a range of solvents at hand, but given how porous that stone is, I sincerely doubt all of it could be removed.

However, undyed howlite is dirt cheap !