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White Buffalo: An Update

“The original white buffalo stones are not turquoise, they are dolomite, and are Located in esmeralda county just west of Tonopah, Nevada, as it’s just on the edge of Nye. Dry Creek is known for having white turquoise which some called ‘sacred buffalo’ but is a separate stone from white buffalo.

Behind the Designs

For the first in our series on innovators in jewelry design, we are focusing on Philip Zahm, president of Philip Zahm Designs. Well established as a dealer of fine gemstones for decades, Zahm has been…

An Ebay Experiment

One evening last January, I just couldn’t get to sleep. As I lay in bed wondering what I could do to pass the time, it struck me, “I will look for gemstones on eBay.” Little…