Where to identify the mammoth tooth carving pendant

Mammoth tusks are currently being identified.

The best way is to send it to the relevant authoritative jewelry and jade appraisal agency for identification, because many people in the market do not know mammoth ivory, will misjudge or misunderstand, it is recommended that you send it to the jewelry and jade appraisal agency for identification.

Mammoth ivory is the front tusk of mammoths, commonly known as ancient ivory, also known as 10,000-year-old ivory. Mammoth ivory was larger in size than modern ivory, and most of it was calcified or petrified over time, with only a small portion preserved in the Arctic Circle.

Mammoth ivory, ice in the permafrost, can be used for carving. Only about 15% of the mammoth tusks found can be used for carving, while the rest of the calcified or petrified parts cannot be used for carving. The refractive index of mammoth tusks.

Approx., the density is about cubic centimeters.

Mammoths are mammoths that lived during the Ice Age.

Paleontologists in Siberia.

In the frozen ice, well-preserved mammoth carcasses have been excavated, so well-preserved mammoth tusks exist.

The main raw material of mammoth ivory and carved products sold in China is excavated from the frozen layer of Siberia. Due to limited resources, mammoth ivory will become less and less valuable as people continue to mine and excavate.

High-quality mammoth ivory is not much different from modern African and Asian ivory, but the epidermis of mammoth ivory is dyed with iron, copper and phosphate to form a variety of different colors such as blue, green, red and yellow.

High-quality mammoth ivory is whitened on the inside, comparable to modern ivory.

The inner part of the high-quality mammoth ivory has a lot of whitening dentin that can be compared to modern ivory.

Mammoth ivory is denser and harder than contemporary ivory, so mammoth ivory handicrafts have a high appreciation and collection value, and are the best raw materials for today's ivory carving. It is a scarce material (non-renewable resource), and for every one excavated in the world, there is one less, and aside from its material, it is very old, so its own value is relatively high.

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1. Mammoth tusks have the following characteristics:

The surface of the product is dark brown or blue, which has been mineralized, indicating that it has been buried deep underground for nearly 10,000 years; It is manifested in the preservation of tooth skin on some finished products, presenting a heavy and retro product color.

2.The cross-sectional section of the product, with a certain distance interval, coarse subdivision and uniform longitudinal texture, which is arc-shaped intersection on the cross-section, less than 90 degrees of diamond-shaped texture, this texture is also known as the Letz texture line, which is a unique feature of mammoth ivory.

Second, recognize the characteristics of the fake ratio.

Ivory counterfeits that are commonly found in the market today are mainly bone products, animal teeth, fish teeth or other similar materials. The use of bone products to pass off ivory mainly includes cow bones, horse bones, camel bones, etc.; Before animal bones are processed, their color and luster are very different from ivory. The color of the bone is grayish, the tone is dull, and there is no warmth of ivory.

Therefore, counterfeiters often have to bleach the animal bones before polishing and waxing. However, even if the bleached and polished bone carving is well processed, it will inevitably leave a small number of very fine black spots, which is the characteristic of bone, commonly known as "bone eyes". As long as you look under a magnifying glass, you will definitely be able to find the "bone eye".

Therefore, when distinguishing, we only need to grasp the "ivory pattern" of the ivory, and the "bone eye" of the bone carving can better distinguish the authenticity of mammoth ivory products.

1.Look at the texture. Mammoth tooth pattern is unique, the vertical line of mammoth tooth is less than 90 degrees, and more than 90 degrees is fake, tooth pattern.

The closer you get to the center of the tooth, the less noticeable it is. And this texture is very different from what is imitated with plastic.

2.Look at the feel. Mammoth teeth have been buried in frozen soil for tens of thousands of years, and the skin will be a little rough, and there will still be a little unevenness after polishing. And.

Mammoth teeth are denser than bone products, plastics, and resins, so they will be heavier.

3.If it is made of resin or plastic, it must have a burning smell when burned with fire, which is easy to identify, but this method is usually inconvenient to use.

Now there are a lot of fakes in ivory carving, to distinguish or learn more related knowledge, I know a treasured mammoth shopkeeper, in this line of work for a long time, experience is still rich, if you are not sure, you can find this shopkeeper to help see.

Summary. It is completely impossible that it was carved from the ivory of a mammoth.

Mammoths have been gone for 10 million years now, and their tusks have long since become fossils, now artifacts that no one can buy.

Is this a mammoth ivory carving?

It is completely impossible that it was carved from the ivory of a mammoth.

Mammoths have been gone for 10 million years now, and their tusks have long since become fossils, now artifacts that no one can buy.

The best way to distinguish tooth lines, natural, and acquired, is known at a glance.

Mammoth tusks have been around for more than 300 years, and these tusks have not been banned. It is the best raw material for today's ivory carving.

On January 18, 1990, China, as a member of the International Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (also known as the Washington Convention), formally implemented the relevant international convention on the comprehensive ban on African ivory and its products. It is precisely because the raw materials of ivory carving mainly come from African ivory, after the issuance of the "ban on ivory" order, China no longer imports ivory, resulting in a shortage of raw materials, which makes the ivory carving skills face the dilemma of being lost due to the lack of raw materials.

Mammoth ivory, a prehistoric biological remains, is the best alternative material for China's ivory carving process, which can not only solve the problem of shortage of raw materials for China's ivory carving process, but also objectively reduce the illegal killing of elephants and smuggling of ivory due to curiosity or market needs. Mr. Zhou, a Tibetan friend of Nanchang, introduced that at present, the United Nations Convention Organization has not banned mammoth ivory from being used for processing, so there is not much difference between high-quality mammoth ivory and modern ivory, it has a solid and fine texture, soft and smooth color, and is incomparable to the substitute for ivory carving materials such as cow bones.

Collectible investments. It is understood that mammoth ivory belongs to the remains of prehistoric organisms, due to climate change, most of the mammoth ivory has been unable to be used for carving, the yield rate is only about 20%, and the intact mammoth ivory ivory material is even rarer. Moreover, as an extinct animal, even if the natural stock is abundant, the number is limited after all. Collectors with a keen sense of the market are already starting to absorb it.

Status: Mammoth tusks are not recognized.

Compared to contemporary ivory, mammoth ivory is not as widely recognized. Chen Shu believes that there is a historical reason for this: "Ivory has been widely recognized since ancient times, especially when the princes and nobles used it as a treasure to ward off evil and avoid disasters, which has increased its value.

When ivory is widely used in craft collections and luxury goods, the public is familiar with and recognizes it. Mammoth ivory has only been used for ivory carving and artistic creation for decades. According to Mr. Chen Naichang, a master painter at the Beijing Ivory Factory, he had seen mammoth ivory carvings as early as fifty or sixty years ago, but this is only a rarity in the field of ivory carving.

The people did not think that this new variety from a distant country would be better than the familiar ivory.

But we can't deny the value of mammoth ivory just because the collector's market is not recognized enough. Chen Shu said that if measured from the perspective of resource scarcity, mammoth ivory is more valuable because it is not renewable, and "its density is greater, the hardness is greater, and the quality of its superior materials has long been much higher than that of contemporary ivory." ”

Market: Mammoth ivory is divided into four equal parts with a large spread.

Although because of the same hardness and density, there is no obvious difference in the carving process between mammoth ivory and ivory. However, because they have been buried underground for tens of thousands of years, most of the surface or even all of the mammoth tusks have become fossils. Therefore, some mammoth ivory handicrafts on the market generally retain the "tooth skin" to express their simple and heavy style.

This is what ivory carvers call an innovation in ivory craftsmanship. Collectors can choose mammoth ivory carvings with or without the "tooth skin" according to their preference. Mammoth ivory still has a lot of room for appreciation.