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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1724746, member: 8267"]To my eye, the example you have posted (the oval pendant) is clearly ivory, even if the seller wants to call it antler. The size and shape is consistent with a cross section of an elephant tusk. The whole surface is smooth and fine grained, and the outer edges are also smooth. The cracks around the edges, and faint concentric lines (the photo is not quite clear enough to confirm the schreger lines that [USER=106]@quirkygirl[/USER] suggests) are also consistent with elephant ivory:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]237579[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>With antler the only place you can get a reasonably large, relatively smooth cross section is from the pedicle/burr, and the edges would preserve the knobby growths shown in your examples of the burr. As a fast growing material, antler is a coarser grain, and in your first burr you can still see the spongy characteristic of the center. The smaller antler disks you illustrate are from the tips of antler, the only other place you can get a solid piece. As demonstrated by the quarters used for scale, these are much smaller than the ivory pendant.</p><p><img src="https://media.schoonerchandlery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/07223043/il_fullxfull.1508012687_40jd-100x100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1724746, member: 8267"]To my eye, the example you have posted (the oval pendant) is clearly ivory, even if the seller wants to call it antler. The size and shape is consistent with a cross section of an elephant tusk. The whole surface is smooth and fine grained, and the outer edges are also smooth. The cracks around the edges, and faint concentric lines (the photo is not quite clear enough to confirm the schreger lines that [USER=106]@quirkygirl[/USER] suggests) are also consistent with elephant ivory: [ATTACH=full]237579[/ATTACH] With antler the only place you can get a reasonably large, relatively smooth cross section is from the pedicle/burr, and the edges would preserve the knobby growths shown in your examples of the burr. As a fast growing material, antler is a coarser grain, and in your first burr you can still see the spongy characteristic of the center. The smaller antler disks you illustrate are from the tips of antler, the only other place you can get a solid piece. As demonstrated by the quarters used for scale, these are much smaller than the ivory pendant. [IMG]https://media.schoonerchandlery.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/07223043/il_fullxfull.1508012687_40jd-100x100.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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