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Fossil Information Ancient fossil ivory is any type of ivory that is over five hundred years old and possibly more than a million years old. This is the only ivory that we use due to the destruction of life required for attaining fresh ivory. The ancient ivory used in most jewelry production is one of two types either fossilized walrus or mammoth tusk. Fossil walrus ivories are primarily found on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska and up and down the mainland Alaskan coast. Some of the fossil weathers out of the ground on its own, however the majority of it is excavated by Eskimos from their Ancestral village sites. Ancient Fossilized/Mineralized Mammoth Tusk. Mammoth Ivory is found as a consequence of gold mining, mostly in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia. In Siberia it is mined for its own sake, often found in deposits after violent winter storms. PRICE: $0.00