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Plastics > Galalith

Preferred term

Galalith  

Definition

  • A milk protein plastic popular in the 1920s-40s in making jewelry; its use declined with the coming of synthetic plastics

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Casein plastic, galalith

Notation

  • 119834

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-HQBKZP35-9

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