Dangle feather earrings w/ white buffalo stone

NAVJAO HANDCRAFTED DANGLE EARRINGS WHITE BUFFALO

Navajo handcrafted dangle earrings. These earrings feature a feather with a unique split pattern design. One side of the earring has a feather pattern and the other has a native whirl wind storm pattern.A single piece of white buffalo stone is at the very top of the earring. Silver post and backing

Measurement: 1-1/2" x 3/8" ( all measurement’s are approximate )

The White Buffalo stone originates from the Tonopah Nevada area found in the same general veins as Dry Creek turquoise but has no copper content. Considering this fact, it should therefore NOT be called "white, turquoise" as it does not have the same chemical composition as turquoise, which is a copper phosphate. There is no copper to cause blue color or iron to cause green color. It is a mostly clean white calcite/quartz mix with black chert inclusions (matrix) that are more sharply defined as opposed to being smutty. The better stones have clear delineations of black and white.