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-Figure 2.10Polished Chintse jet M <strong>and</strong> Whitby jet brooch,Large items me very dikely to be of jet but may be mule of boisdurci, which is dm heavier than jet or plastics. Under xmgdiationthe wood flour content of his durci may be visible.An object with clasps or pins screwed into place indicates vulcanite(Fig. 2.11).Chain links with only one cut in them cannot be jet as they wouldhave to be slightly flaible to be opened <strong>and</strong> linked together. Jet isrigid, so flexible links indicate vulcanite or horn (Figs 2.7 md 2.9).Figure 2-11 Brooch fittings: left, vuleanite with meml pins; right, jet withglue*
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Gem and OrnamentalMaterials of Orga
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Contents
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Introduction
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Page 18 and 19: AMBER AND COPAL 3Figure 1.1-Insect
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Page 52: Figure 1.39 Amber and ivmy casket,
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Page 60 and 61: F I 2.6 Jet simuht showing uneven c
Page 62: Figure 2.9Vulcanite chain linlc whi
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Page 84 and 85: Figum 3.6Bods tusk with engraved an
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Page 90 and 91: Figure 3.12pattern.Cross-seetion of
Page 92: Figure 3.16Fossilised walrus ivory,
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Figure 5.4 Shoehorn and cigar cutte
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Figure 6.1 African white rhinoceros
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Figure 6.3 Rhino horn cup. Chinese.
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HORN 109the horn forms a sheath cov
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112 GEMS AND ORNAMENTAL MATBELIALS
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Figure 7.6 Pressed horn button. Lat
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u d as a scoop or a vessel, and lar
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8 Tortoiseshell
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Fignm 8.3 Overlapping lcutes on the
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Figure 8.6 Brush back with silver p
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F I 8.10 Box combining tortoismhell
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Tortoisdell ma& Mabuiug Iahd, Toms
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The shells are made up of a slightl
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Figure 9.6Baroque pew1 in jewel-.Fi
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'Shell'). The pearls are iridescent
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1Figure 9.13 Nucleated cultured pea
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Figure 9.19 Dyed nucleated cultured
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Figure 9.23 Seed p d necklace. Engl
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Figure 10.1Con& shell, one end remo
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Figure 10.3 Abalone M e : natural,
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- (-1.Figure 10.11Conchhyers, olre
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Figure 10.15bubbles.Detd of abalone
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have, inevitably, been faked. Mothe
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186 GBMs AND ORNAMENTAL MTBRIALS OF
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CORAL 195md chalky. Its numl colour
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CORAL 197-F i11.3 C. firbrarwr roug
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lgure 11.6dv.Detail of mlwr enhance
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Figure 11.9 Detail of red soft cora
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CORAL 203Figure 11,12Brown bamboo c
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CORAL 205-F I 11.15 Surface, of bhc
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CORAL 207Figum 11.19 Slice of golde
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CORAL 211YFigure 11.22 Celluloid br
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Figure 11.25 Xaron's bloat'. Comkm
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MISCEUANEOUS ORGANICS 229Figure 12.
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MIScaLzANaOUS ORGANICS 231Figure 12
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13 Plastics
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242 GHhZs AND ORNAMENTAL MAlXRlMS O
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Figure 13.5 Bakelire ear-r&, imifat
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14 Quick reference charts
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Bibliography
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