Large 2-stone White Buffalo pendant

NAVJAO HANDCRAFTED PENDANT BY ARTIST BERNYSE CHAVEZ WHITE BUFFALO

Navajo handcrafted 2-stone pendant by artist Bernyse Chavez. Set in solid sterling silver with genuine White Buffalo stones. A beautiful example of Navajo silver craftsmanship. The large stones have outstanding black and white coloring. Measuring 3" in length with a width of 1"-1/2. The large bail will accommodate up to a 6mm sized necklace. (shown on a White Buffalo necklace SKU Bil 608- sold ) 

 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.