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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4547449, member: 55"]I could tell if it was in my hands - but the bear looks more like stone to me, rather than whale bone, fossilized or not. This doesn't look like the few fossilized whalebone carvings I've seen. But I could be wrong.</p><p>Whale bone, fossilized, might fall under CITES prohibition; however, just a side note, fossilized mammoth or mastodon ivory does not, and is generally legal, though prohibited by some State laws.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4547449, member: 55"]I could tell if it was in my hands - but the bear looks more like stone to me, rather than whale bone, fossilized or not. This doesn't look like the few fossilized whalebone carvings I've seen. But I could be wrong. Whale bone, fossilized, might fall under CITES prohibition; however, just a side note, fossilized mammoth or mastodon ivory does not, and is generally legal, though prohibited by some State laws.[/QUOTE]
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