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<p>[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 1837266, member: 14066"]There is a number of methods for testing for ivory. One you may hear about at some point in any antiques forum is the hot pin method. This runs the risk of damaging what you are testing, so check out the following link for more options and a breakdown of the hot pin test as well.</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesfyi/tips/damagedone/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesfyi/tips/damagedone/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesfyi/tips/damagedone/index.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Couch Potato Wannabe, post: 1837266, member: 14066"]There is a number of methods for testing for ivory. One you may hear about at some point in any antiques forum is the hot pin method. This runs the risk of damaging what you are testing, so check out the following link for more options and a breakdown of the hot pin test as well. [URL]https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesfyi/tips/damagedone/index.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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