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How can you tell ivory from bone?

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elephanto | 23:59 Wed 25th Jul 2007 | Interiors
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Is there a test you can do to distinguish between them?
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One test is to get a red-hot pin and push it against the material in an inconspicuous place. Ivory will have the same burning smell as when you have a tooth drilled at the dentist. (Ivory is a tooth, after all). Bone will have hardly any, or a different, smell.

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