Let me give you a brief introduction today.
First of all, let's talk about some common misunderstandings:
Myth 1: Mammoth ivory is a fossil.
In fact, mammoth ivory has been frozen in Siberia, a natural refrigerator. The skin and hair of many mammoths are still well preserved, and even some mammoths have grass in their mouths. First, it takes a certain number of years and conditions to form fossils. Secondly, mammoth ivory, which has become a fossil, cannot be used for carving.
Myth 2: Not as good as contemporary ivory.
In terms of texture alone, it is not worse than ivory of the same era; In addition, mammoths have been extinct for more than 10 thousand years, and the raw materials are non-renewable. Whether used for sculpture or collection, mammoth ivory is of high value; Moreover, the modern ivory trade is illegal, so mammoth ivory is the best material for modern ivory carving.
The grade of mammoth ivory primitive teeth (based on the description of the influence of external environment on the texture of buried raw materials)
Ice tooth: mostly produced in the frozen soil of Siberia, Russia. The quality of teeth is well maintained and there is almost no fossilization. You can see a clear tooth line. Ice teeth are white in color and porcelain in texture, and the overall material is well preserved, mostly belonging to first-class products. Its tooth skin is thick, generally brown, blue-black or black, and some can reach about 2 cm.
Soil tooth: It comes from soil layer, yellow, with poor quality, many cracks, loose texture, most of which are severely petrified, almost completely petrified, and the epidermis is yellow. Produced in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia and Russian. At present, only the mammoth ivory with ice teeth in the market usually meets the design requirements of jewelry making and processing, and the ice teeth only account for 15% of the unearthed mammoth ivory, which is very scarce!
Mammoth ivory ice tooth grade (based on the description of raw material size and crack, regardless of texture)