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Six leaves, all judged by eye

By Dwight Davis, Founder

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Cabochon, crystal point, gemstone, pearl, seed bead, tumbled bead. Every one is assessed by looking at it.

The group has six leaves and they share something no other group here does

Cabochon storage, crystal point, loose gemstone, pearl loose, seed bead storage and tumbled bead. Every one of them is identified, sorted and valued by appearance.

Which is not true of most shelves in this library

A fastener is identified by a thread size. A fuse by a printed rating. A bit by a stamped diameter. Those are read, not looked at. Here there is nothing printed and appearance is the whole record.

So a container that hides the contents removes the identification

A jar of unidentified cabochons has to be opened and emptied to be sorted. A clear jar is read without being opened, which on this shelf is a functional difference rather than a preference.

Seed beads are the smallest and the most numerous

A size 11 seed bead is under two millimeters, and a working stock is thousands of them in dozens of colors. Seventeen of the 184 containers hold 15 milliliters or less, which is the band that suits a single color.

And they are the leaf where the closure matters most

Beads find every gap. A lid that is resting rather than turned down will spill a jar of them, and 180 of the 265 closures here are plain continuous thread lids that seat properly when turned.

A crystal point is the opposite shape problem

Long, tapered, with a tip that chips. It wants height and a soft interior, and the shelf runs to 6.75 inches with a median of 2.38, so the tall end is thin but present.

Cabochons are flat and want a floor they can lie on

A domed stone with a flat back stacks badly and scratches well. Spread flat in a shallow container it can be seen and picked; piled in a deep one it cannot.

Loose gemstones are the leaf where the container is the smallest part of the job

Individual stones are usually kept in papers or padded boxes rather than loose in a jar, and what goes in with them matters more than the jar. That is outside what this catalog records.

Pearls are the one leaf with a material sensitivity

Nacre is a carbonate and it is soft, so pearls mark against each other and against a hard wall. Which argues for separation and padding rather than for any particular container.

And tumbled beads are the easy case

Hard, rounded, indifferent. They need a container that closes and a label, which is most of this shelf.

None of the six is reached by the guides above

Part 23 addresses how a seller may describe a stone or a pearl. It does not govern a container and it does not reach a row on this shelf, and nothing on these pages determines the identity or treatment of anything.

References

The six leaves in this group as the catalog indexes them: cabochon storage, crystal point, loose gemstone, pearl loose, seed bead storage and tumbled bead. 16 CFR part 23 addresses how a seller may describe a stone or a pearl and does not govern containers.
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. 184 containers and 265 closures. Capacity 5 to 500 mL with a median of 118.3: 17 at or under 15 mL, 27 at or under 30, 59 at or under 60, 70 at or under 118 and 141 at or under 250. 154 jars, 29 bottles and one tube. Height 0.50 to 6.75 inches with a median of 2.38, recorded for 172 of 184. Neck finishes: 41 at 70-400, 34 at 58-400, 34 at 89-400, 16 at 53-400, 14 at 18DIN and 12 at 48-400, with 6 recording none and 3 using a 38MM form. The closures are led by 180 continuous thread polypropylene lids and 42 metal or aluminum CT caps, then 22 PP dome lids and 9 sealing discs. Availability, a snapshot and not a promise: 122 of 184 marked available, 61 not, one unrecorded. These are outside dimensions.
Written from 16 CFR part 23 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Part 23 contains the Federal Trade Commission guides for the jewelry, precious metals and pewter industries and addresses how a seller may describe a stone or a pearl; it does not govern containers, and it does not reach any row on this shelf. Nothing here states the identity, origin, grade, value or treatment of any stone, and nothing here is grading, appraisal or authentication guidance. The catalog records a container color, not an optical performance, and no page converts one into the other.