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Please help me identify this material - is this the so-called calcified jade?

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« on: May 28, 2016, 08:20:25 am »
Fossilized mammoth tooth has the characteristic pattern as seen in YT's photo, so I don't think it is that.

My guess is calcified jade. The spacing of the fissures look unusually large (wide apart). It may have been artificially heat treated to create the effect, rather than naturally calcified.

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Tom
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