Unique Shape White Buffalo Stone Earring

Handcrafted by a native artisan, these large, asymmetrical polygon-shaped white buffalo earrings resemble shields. With amn interesting white and black matrix pattern, the cabochons from whicfh they were crafted appear to be crafted from a single stone cut in two. Beautiful and unique shape for studs!

On the larger side, earrings measure 7/8" x 5/8" at their tallest.

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.