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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9893477, member: 2844"]Just so we don't spread misinformation:</p><p>No one can identify a material as ivory just because it is white. There is such a thing as bleached bone, and there are ivory simulants. For it to be identified as ivory we need to see the presence of Schreger lines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9893477, member: 2844"]Just so we don't spread misinformation: No one can identify a material as ivory just because it is white. There is such a thing as bleached bone, and there are ivory simulants. For it to be identified as ivory we need to see the presence of Schreger lines.[/QUOTE]
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