White Buffalo is actually opalized calcite and quartz with black chert. It is a beautiful white stone with black matrix sometimes blotched or spider webbed that is mined out of Nevada, North of Tonapah. This stone takes a great polish, and cuts like turquoise.

White Buffalo is technically not turquoise at all, but a similar stone that is white with black and brown inclusions. By definition turquoise contains copper (it is a copper aluminum phosphate), which is what gives the characteristic blue color. Presence of iron will shift the color toward green.

"White turquoise", which has no copper and no blue color, is more accurately called White Buffalo Stone. White Buffalo Stone comes from only one mine in Nevada, which is owned by the Otteson family.

 Howlite is commonly passed off as White Buffalo Stone, but also has a different composition.

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Ring Size:  9

Approx. Stone Size: 1 1/4"H x 1/2"W

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