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    Identification of antelope horns

    • Last Update: 2022-06-22
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    SAIGAE TATARICAE CORNU

    [Source] This product is the horn of the bovine saiga antelope Saiga tatarica Linnaeus


    [Properties] This product is in the shape of a long cone, slightly curved in a bow shape, and is 15 to 33 cm long; it is off-white or yellowish-white, and the base is slightly bluish gray


    【Microscopic identification】Cross section of this product: It can be seen that the tissue structure is somewhat undulating


    【Character identification characteristics】

    (1) It has a long conical shape, slightly curved in a bow shape, and is 15 to 33 cm long


    (2) Off-white or yellowish-white, slightly bluish gray at the base


    (3) The twigs have "bloodshot" or purple-black markings to the light, and they are as smooth as jade


    (4) There are 10 to 16 raised and ring ridges with a spacing of about 2cm.


    (5) There are hard and heavy corner posts, which are commonly called "bone plugs", and the length is about 1/2 or 1/3 of the full angle


    (6) The full angle is translucent and sees through the light.



    【Microscopic identification features】

    (1) The bundle is composed of cortical cells, and the bundle is mostly triangular at the top of the corner


    (2) The middle part of the corner is slightly wavy, and the beams are mostly biconvex lens-shaped


    (3) The medullary cavity varies in size, with the largest medullary cavity at the base of the angle


    (4) The cortical cells of the bundle are flat fusiform, with 3 to 5 layers


    (5) Cortical cells or basic keratinocytes are colorless and transparent


     

     

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