White Buffalo Turquoise Squash Blossom Necklace Sterling Signed Jimmy Lee

Stone: This beautiful Squash Blossom necklace features 20 white buffalo turquoise stones mixed colors of black and pure white. It is 100% handmade and hand polished. The beads are double oxidized sterling silver beads. There are various kinds of ‰ÛÏwhite turquoise‰۝ out on the market, because usually turquoise mines product different colors of turquoise from deep blue to light blue, to white chalky turquoise. Usually the white turquoise from a turquoise mine is considered chalk turquoise, and miners would not consider them valuable stones. In recent years, the owner of the Royston mine has discovered a new mine near Tonopah, NV and he named it the ‰ÛÏwhite buffalo‰۝. This stone has a really high hardness, and he brought it to the Southwestern jewelers. Soon after, the white buffalo became one of the most popular stones in Southwest Silver Jewelry. The reason why the white buffalo is sometimes referred to as white turquoise, is because it cuts and polishes just like turquoise and it is