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Knowing that fossilized bones have a large concentration of apatite rock (Calcium phosphate) design or talk about an experiment using what you know about chemistry and properties of matter to determine the authenticity of the bone. At the same time you need to be very conservative as you don’t want to ruin a good specimen if it is in fact authentic.
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