White Buffalo earrings by artist Shirley Henry - ANA 1493

Navajo handcrafted dangle earrings by artist Shirley Henry.The tear drop design earrings are set in solid sterling silver and genuine White Buffalo stones. Measuring 1"-1/2 in length they are perfectly sized. Light weight and comfortable to wear. The black and white coloring of the stone looks great. NAVAJO HANDCRAFTED TEAR DROP SHAPED EARRINGS WHITE BUFFALO 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.