Happy Piasso White Buffalo Oval Pendant

Navajo artisan Happy Piasso hand crafted this oval-shaped white buffalo pendant surrounded by sterling silver twisted rope wire and star-shaped elements which continue on to the deeply stamped, scalloped bail. The high mount of this piece's design shows off the stone and its unique matrix: mostly creamy-white with two Jackson Pollock-style spatterings of black forming an "X".

Pendant measures 2" x 1" . Bail measures 1/2" x 1/2" with a 15mm opening. Pair with our 18" 4mm Sterling Silver Saucer Bead Necklace with 2" extender chain and small lobster clasp to complete the set.

Materials: Sterling silver, White Buffalo stone

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.

***Beads Not Included