Navajo ring by artist Shirley Francisco w/ White Buffalo stone

 NAVAJO HANDCRAFTED RING 

Navajo handcrafted ring by artist Shirley Francisco. Set in solid sterling silver and genuine White Buffalo stone. This large ring measures 1"-1/2 long with a width of 3/4". The setting has a unique scalloped edge surround. Easily sized to fit most fingers.

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.