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) The variation in colors are due to trace amounts of other elements replacing the calcium during the crystalline formation

Mastodon's are from the family order of Mammutidae as opposed to the Woolly Mammoth

the Left & Right Pleural Lobes and the middle Axial Lobe

upright plates and tail tipped with spikes

It was believed by both ancient Romans and Greeks

Square Hinged Ironwood Box 6ca36b5053af0be54572493a22a799eb ) The variation in colorsIronwood is from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Northern Mexico. It is a very dense and heavy wood of intriguing origin. To be suitable for carving, the wood must be exposed to the extremes of the climate conditions that exist only in the desert. Years of exposure in this hot, dry environment cause the natural resins to collect, condense and cure, thus transforming the wood into very dense and heavy Ironwood (Olneya Testota). Carving in Ironwood