White Buffalo? Curiouser & Curiouser

I found this simple bracelet by JW Toadlena but noticed it has some chips in the cab. And the darkish area I thought was black, is actually green under light and magnification. It was listed as white buffalo, but not I wonder….no black, and it has an area with a creamy yellow color to it. I liked the wire work, and I don’t think I paid too much, but now I wonder about the stone.

Curious on your thoughts, please


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I think it might actually be white buffalo. I will attach a picture of my cuff which also shows some background yellowing. A year or so ago I sold two pendants and one of them was a tri-color. Most of what I’ve seen is is white with black.

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Thank you! I’m not fussed either way, I was just curious after realizing what I thought was black wasn’t. Your bracelet is lovely!

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I think we all do that. Thanks

I am not terribly familiar with White Buffalo, but what I’ve seen hasn’t had the green in it. However, I’ve seen very little IRL. I feel like I’ve seen a white stone with a little green in it, but I tried Google, and all I could find somewhat similar was Tree Agate, and that had waaaay more green in a vein like matrix.

There was a Navajo lady at the Eiteljorg Market one year who had a whole bunch of it for sale. A woman kept arguing with her saying it was turquoise (she had a ring with it that someone had told her was turquoise so she didn’t really want to hear otherwise), and the Navajo lady finally gave up trying to convince her.

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@Ziacat the phone camera doesn’t picked it up very well, but under a magnifier it looks like verdigris, the green isn’t part of the stone itself. Since that spot is chipped, maybe it knocked against a piece with verdigris? I don’t know. And then there’s the other chip.

Haha, yes, I’m aware it isn’t turquoise. But some people don’t know/don’t care to be educated.

If it is white buffalo, it is a solid white piece, which I’ve never seen. It might also be Wild Horse, but I’ve never seen solid white in it, either. They both usually have at least some inclusions/chert, like @Islandmomma ‘s bracelet.

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There is a “new” turquoise that has come out recently that can be very pale green, it’s called palomino turquoise. Maybe this is a very pale example of that?

@Emily, I don’t think this is palomino variscite. There is no green (or blue) hue to this stone. Thank you for the thought!

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It’s called white buffalo turquoise, but is actually dolomite. Dolomite can be pure white to orange and any shade in between. Mixed with black chert it is quite a striking stone. It can often have a yellowish tint

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I just saw this today.

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@Islandmomma it’s very pretty, and there is some black chert.

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