White Buffalo Cross Bracelet by D. Wylie

Hand crafted, uniquely styled cuff bracelet by Navajo artist Diane Wylie ("D. Wylie") features an open design with a cross shaped out of white buffalo as the focal point. Piece has an antique finish with detailed stamping on the outer 1/2 round wires with a single twisted rope wire coming to meet the stone at the center.

Measures 1" in width tapering to 3/8" at the tips. Inside measures 5 1/4" with a 1 1/4" opening. Will fit a 6" to 6 1/2" wrist.

Materials: Sterling silver, White Buffalo stone

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.