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Navajo Sterling White Buffalo Turquoise Bracelet

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
Navajo Sterling White Buffalo Turquoise Bracelet
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Navajo Sterling White Buffalo Turquoise Bracelet by Steve Francisco, inside measures 7'' which includes opening x 5/8''W, sterling channel inlay, silver bracelet is a work of art in itself having cut and notched designs, nice weight, ''Steve Francisco, Navajo Artist and Silversmith, has hand made a most gorgeous and unique inlay bracelet. He has inlay White Buffalo Turquoise--a rare and unusual stone--in his very sturdy and impressive sterling silver bracelet, white Buffalo Turquoise is quite unique and rare. It was discovered in the Dry Creek Mine north of Austin Nevada in 1993. Because of its hardness, it was sent to be assayed and it was in fact White Turquoise. The chemical name for Turquoise is Aluma Phosphate which in its pure chemical state is white. Turquoise takes on color via an intrusion of either copper (blue color) or iron (green color). To date, no other vein of gem quality white turquoise has been discovered anywhere else in the world. Because White Turquoise is as rare as a white buffalo, the Indians call it ''White Buffalo'' Turquoise. The White Buffalo Turquoise is itself considered sacred and powerful. The jewelry-making is an honoring or tribute to the ''White Buffalo'' Turquoise.''