White Buffalo heart pendant

Made of sterling silver and genuine White Buffalo stone. Beautifully crafted by Navajo artist Diane Wylie,  it features a detailed stamped elements that surround the white buffalo stone. It is perfectly sized for a multi strand necklace or a large graduated stand silver beads.The single heart white buffalo stone has beautiful black & white coloring with a slight matrix. 

Measurements: 1-1/2" x 1" /  Stone: 3/4" x 3/4"  / Bail:  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.