RARE High Quality White Buffalo 5mm Medium Heishi Beads, sold in 9 inch Strands
This batch is bright white with some solid black beads. It makes for a very cool look (See Picture). There are also flecks of black and the beads have a high polish. Very nice quality
... a lot of sellers call it White Buffalo Turquoise, but it is NOT turquoise in makeup though it was discovered in a turquoise mine in Tonapah, Nevada. The white stone is surrounded by black and brown chert which creates beautiful patterns and matrixing. Beware that howlite is is often represented as White Buffalo, but it is more of a cream white with grey erratic veining and not black. Howlite is very common and White Buffalo comes from only one mine in Nevada.
To learn about the myth of White Turquoise ... read this article by the