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Old 26th March 2008, 09:13 PM   #8
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A definitive test ....but unfortunately too expensive and slightly distructive.
It relies on DNA analysis, if it was practical you would not only know that your hilt is definately Rhino .....but also the species, the type of food it ate and the region where your 'horn hilt' roamed

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publicatio..._Forensics.cfm


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