White Buffalo Arrowhead Inlay Pendant

Hand crafted by a native artisan, this triangular arrowhead silhouette features cultured opal and white buffalo stone set in highly polished sterling silver. Pendant features a heavy, triangular bail at the top, which mirrors the angular geometry of the arrowhead itself.

Measures 1" x 5/8" at the widest. Bail is 7mm. Materials : Sterling silver, white buffalo and cultured opal

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.