Large pendant w/ White Buffalo stone

Made of sterling silver and genuine White Buffalo stone. Beautifully crafted by Navajo artist Happy Piasso, it features a detailed stamped elements that surround the stones along with a highly detailed bail. This is one of our largest white buffalo stone pendants we offer and has a medium weight. It is perfectly sized for a multi strand necklace or a large graduated stand silver beads.The single stones has beautiful black & white coloring with a slight matrix. Pendants of this size are rare. 

Measurements: 2-1/4" in length with a taper of  1"  to 1-1/2" /  Stone: 2" x 1/2 x 1" / Bail: 1/2" x 3/4" and can accommodate up to a 12mm bead or chain

(all measurements are approximate)

Stone: 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.

Artist:  Happy Piaso, Navajo, is 40 years old (2014) and is married to Rudie Willie. She was born and raised in Alamo, New Mexico and has 2 children, one of which is in the military. Happy was taught the craft of silversmithing by her husband, Rudie.