The basic definition of the ivory tusks and teeth that are entirely consistent, most of the material called dentin. It is a creamy white color of the opaque material, mainly calcium phosphate and a little 'collagen. Enamel covers the dentin material, and just like the enamel of our teeth, often show more of the tooth enamel wears off overtime. What many do not realize that the elephant tusks from the same material of the teeth, but are simply larger andprotruding outside the mouth instead. It is a common confusion for many people when they try to decipher what is real ivory.
Ivory pure not only from a certain species like the elephant coming, for example, but ivory and walrus tusks or teeth, various types of whales, hippos, African elephants, Asian elephants, mammoth remains have come, and the pig or boar warthog family of animals.
When it comes to ability to recognizedifferent types of ivory, ivory, there are several properties for the search. Ivory should feel a sense of softness and shine. In one example, cut, ivory, ivory is the section shows the model of intersectional forms that may help to consider the length of the piece of ivory. There are variations of irregular wavy lines at the bottom of the display of ivory longitudinally.
There are no tricks to try out the types of materials that individuals deserve to beseveral ivory, and the material most commonly used is the bone. The bones of animals is the same color, and if they are the so-called artistic craftsmanship in a smaller version, the confusion is extremely easy. But the difference is that almost all types of bone objects are hollow in the middle, and this is the biggest give away in ivory handicrafts false.
Antler is another form of faux ivory, so it should know that the horn is actually darker than real ivory with aA honeycomb center. Plastic is also a false substitute for ivory, but if it is a lighter-than-expected piece of ivory is a work of art, then you can assume that there is often a lie, as the type of plastic. There are also fake ivory objects built by King-pulverized bone was done, but the color and weight often leads to this kind of material very quickly to fake ivory on ivory collector.
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