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From: shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin)
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Subject: What is tortoise shell made of?
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Date: 29 Aug 90 13:36:24 GMT
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Is it alpha chitin, or something else?  Are the top and bottom shells
made of different things?  Which used to be used for combs and so on?

	-P.
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