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  2. Vantablack - Wikipedia

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    Vantablack [ 1][ 2] Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Vantablack is a class of super-black coatings with total hemispherical reflectances (THR) below 1% [ 4] in the visible spectrum. The name is a portmanteau of the acronym VANTA ( vertically aligned nanotube arrays ...

  3. Steampunk - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft (2011) has a steampunk-themed texture pack. Terraria (2011) is a video game developed by Re-Logic. It is a 2D open world platform game in which the player controls a single character in a generated world. It has a Steampunker non-player character in the game who sells items referencing Steampunk.

  4. Boiled leather - Wikipedia

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    Boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation, cuir bouilli ( French: [kɥiʁ buji] ), was a historical material common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period and used for various purposes. It was leather that had been treated so that it became tough and rigid, as well as able to hold moulded decoration.

  5. Patent leather - Wikipedia

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    Riding boot from 1910–1920s. In general, patent leather is fine grain leather that is treated to give it a glossy appearance. An early reference to patent leather is in the 1793 British periodical The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, which notes, in an article entitled "Hand's patent leather", that "a gentleman of the name of Hand" in Birmingham, England, obtained a patent for ...

  6. Shagreen - Wikipedia

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    Shagreen. An antique round box covered with pearl ray shagreen, ground down to produce a smooth, puzzle-like surface. Look up shagreen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shagreen is a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin, historically from a horse's or onager 's back, or from shark or ray .

  7. Leather - Wikipedia

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    Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffalo, pigs and hogs, and aquatic animals such as seals and alligators. [ 1][ 2] Leather can be used to make a variety of ...

  8. Leatherback sea turtle - Wikipedia

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    Leatherback's front flippers can grow up to 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in large specimens, the largest flippers (even in comparison to its body) of any sea turtle. The leatherback has several characteristics that distinguish it from other sea turtles. Its most notable feature is the lack of a bony carapace.

  9. Morocco leather - Wikipedia

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    Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, Turkey[ 1], or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take color. It has been widely used in the manufacture of gloves and the uppers of ladies' shoes and men's low cut shoes, but is ...