Clear, frosted and natural are three states. The record does not grade any of them.
Treating clear, frosted and natural as one category
Clear transmits an image. Frosted scatters light. Natural is unpigmented polypropylene and translucent. Seventy six rows, four rows and three rows, and only the first shows what is inside.
Reading a color name as an optical specification
The record states a color. It does not state a transmission figure, a haze value or anything measurable, and no page here converts one into the other.
Organizing a set by container color
It fails for a substantial number of readers and in poor light for everybody. The color counts on this shelf describe what supply exists, and the organizing information belongs in text on the container.
Specifying clear polypropylene
There is none on this shelf. Polypropylene does not go optically clear the way PET does, so the three rows recorded as natural are the nearest thing and they are translucent.
Counting materials without crossing them against color
119 PET, 41 glass and 24 polypropylene reads as three options. Crossed against color, one of the three cannot meet this group’s main requirement and half the glass cannot either.
Choosing PET for stones without expecting haze
A PET wall is softer than a tumbled stone or a crystal point and will mark over time, and a hazed wall removes the reason the jar was clear. Twenty one clear glass rows do not have that problem and do break.
Screening on a dimension that is not recorded
Twelve rows record no height and six record no neck finish, and three use a millimeter notation that a dash-notation match cannot reach. Those rows return nothing rather than failing.
And treating the jewelry guides as a rule about containers
Part 23 addresses how a seller may describe a stone or a pearl. It is the spine of this property because it names one word and rules it inadequate, because it defines a pearl by the absence of a person, and because it moves a disclosure into the description when the buyer cannot see the goods. It reaches nothing on this shelf.
References
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. Of the 184 containers on this shelf, 76 are recorded as clear and 4 as frosted, so 80 pass light in some form. 32 are amber and 2 dark amber, which is 34 that block it. The remaining 70 are 24 white, 18 black, 16 blue, 9 green and 3 natural. By material the shelf is 119 PET, 41 glass and 24 polypropylene. Cross-tabulated, 54 of the light-passing rows are clear PET, 21 are clear glass and 3 are frosted glass. No row on this shelf is recorded as clear polypropylene; the closest are the 3 recorded as natural, which is unpigmented polypropylene and translucent rather than clear. The record states a color name and not an optical property, and clear, frosted and natural denote three different optical states that the record does not grade.
16 CFR 23.25(b) and its notes. Paragraph (b) makes it unfair or deceptive to use the word "ruby," "sapphire," "emerald," "topaz," or the name of any other precious or semi-precious stone, or the word "stone," "birthstone," "gem," "gemstone," or similar term, to describe a laboratory-grown, laboratory-created, synthetic, imitation or simulated stone "unless such word or name is immediately preceded with equal conspicuousness by the word “laboratory-grown,” “laboratory-created,” “[manufacturer name]-created,” or some other word or phrase of like meaning, or by the word “imitation” or “simulated,” so as to disclose clearly the nature of the product and the fact it is not a mined gemstone." Note 1: "The use of the word “faux” to describe a laboratory-created or imitation stone is not an adequate disclosure that the stone is not a mined stone."
law.cornell.edu16 CFR 23.23 and 23.24, each of which carries the same standing sentence: "The disclosures outlined in this section are applicable to sellers at every level of trade, as defined in 23.0(b) of these guides, and they may be made at the point of sale prior to sale, except that where a product can be purchased without personally viewing the product (e.g., direct mail catalogs, online services, televised shopping programs), disclosure should be made in the solicitation for, or description of, the product." And 16 CFR 23.26: "A varietal name is given for a division of gem species or genus based on a color, type of optical phenomenon, or other distinguishing characteristic of appearance."
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