Satin finish silver earrings with White Buffalo

NAVAJO HANDCRAFTED DANGLE EARRINGS BY BERNYSE CHAVEZ WHITE BUFFALO

Navajo handcrafted dangle earrings. Made by Navajo artist Loretta Delgarito. Set in solid sterling silver with a satin finish. Beautiful White Buffalo stones. The earrings dangle on silver wires but can be converted to dangle post if needed. Measuring approximately  1"1/2 in length, they are light weight and easy to wear. 

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.