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It's called Dilepathy, its actually very precise in its nature. Pretty much a branch of chemistry just for fingerprints (and other similar stuff). I'm not a scientist but this video explains the whole thing really well http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

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