THERE ARE ONLY A VERY FEW TYPES OF GENUINE IVORY THEY INCLUDE but are not limited to the most popular and noteworthy items in any collection.The balance of carved organic items include most bone, Magnesium Silicate and shell.I donot include plant life.ELEPHANT or mammoth tusk ivory gees from the two modified upper incisors.
HIPPO,WALRUS and some BOAR are the most used and recognized .Always ask for verifying identifiers in each of the above items .
Elephant has a series of(Schreger lines)crosshatch marks and long smooth growth lines and do yellow and splitwith age.
A cross-section of Hippo dentine with the aid of a 10X hand lens reveals a tightly packed series of fine concentric lines. These lines can be regularly or irregularly spaced. The orientation of the lines will follow the overall shape of the particular tooth.As are similar indicators in Walrus and Boar.
Bone is a mineralized connective tissue consisting of dahllite, proteins and lipids. gepact bone, which is most often used as an ivory substitute, is extensively permeated by a series of canals through which fluid flows. This is the Haversian System.THIS also hassmall colored partialsor porosity in bone.
MAGNESIUM SILICATE is refered to As Merrisham and gees from Turkey, S.Africa ,and PENNSlyvania ,USA
PLEASE review all Items that you intend to purchase and Ask Questions most sellers do not know differences.
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