File:Elephant ivory tusk 14 (27614878532).jpg

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Elephant ivory tusk (public display, Warther Museum, Dover, Ohio, USA)

Ivory is a type of biogenic gem. It is composed of hydrous calcium phosphate-carbonate and comes from the tusks of certain mammals, such as elephants and hippos. Paleoivory is derived from fossil mammoth tusks.

Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Proboscidea, Elephantidae
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Author James St. John

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/27614878532 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 December 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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