Adjustable wide band ring with White Buffalo stone - BIL 610

Navajo handcrafted ring by artist Bernyse Chavez. The oval White Buffalo stone is set in solid sterling silver. The wide shank is beautifully stamped and adjustable. This is a great piece that can been worn between multiple fingers. NAVAJO HANDCRAFTED RING BY ARTIST BERNYSE CHAVEZ 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.