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<p>[QUOTE="shamster, post: 10776504, member: 85821"]Yes my celluloid comb( or some sort of artificial material I don’t know about?) from Japan also fluoresces, but very pale. I have also seen another material fluoresces just like real tortoiseshell, but the dark spots are just pure, deadly dark spots, while the spots on real tortoiseshell displays unevenness & variation in colour under UV light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also as you mentioned, real tortoiseshell will not have those fibers at the edge. When you carve or sand it, it becomes powder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="shamster, post: 10776504, member: 85821"]Yes my celluloid comb( or some sort of artificial material I don’t know about?) from Japan also fluoresces, but very pale. I have also seen another material fluoresces just like real tortoiseshell, but the dark spots are just pure, deadly dark spots, while the spots on real tortoiseshell displays unevenness & variation in colour under UV light. Also as you mentioned, real tortoiseshell will not have those fibers at the edge. When you carve or sand it, it becomes powder.[/QUOTE]
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