White buffalo statement ring- Geneva Apachito

Navajo handcrafted ring by artist Geneva Apachito. She was born in 1969 in Soccoro, New Mexico. Geneva was raised in Alamo. She was taught to do silver work by her mother, Genevieve Apacheto. Her ring features a unique 1 stone design with detailed stamping in the mounting.Know for her ability to create one of a kind tradtional settings, this ring is a wonderful example. The white buffalo stones have a rich white coloring with both lite brown and grey matrix. 

Materials: Sterling silver and white buffalo stone

Measurements : mounting 1-1/2" x 3/4"  / Ring shank 1/2" to a 3/8" taper

(all measurements are approximate)

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.