Trade Names & Uncertain Identity / subcategory
Optical Effect Labels
Optical Effect Labels guides within Trade Names & Uncertain Identity, with one canonical page per published material.
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Optical-effect labels describe an appearance such as chatoyancy or asterism. The optical effect does not independently identify the host material or prove natural origin.
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