Colorado § 6-15-203 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 6-15-203 — Definitions

Colorado § 6-15-203

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-15-203 (2026).

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Authentic Indian arts and crafts means any product that is handcrafted by Indian labor or workmanship and is not made from synthetic or artificial materials.

(2)Findings means the smaller component parts of a handcrafted item, such as clasps, glass, silver, or synthetic beads, stamped parts not used as a major part of a handcrafted item, leather backings, binding materials, and other ingredient parts not a major part of a handcrafted item.

(3)Handcrafted means the production of a product wholly by hand tools, with the exception of buffing or polishing and the findings used upon the products.

(4)Other arts and crafts means any product that is represented as an Indian design or product but is not handcrafted by

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Authentic Indian arts and crafts means any product that is handcrafted
by Indian labor or workmanship and is not made from synthetic or artificial
materials.

(2) Findings means the smaller component parts of a handcrafted item,
such as clasps, glass, silver, or synthetic beads, stamped parts not used as a major
part of a handcrafted item, leather backings, binding materials, and other
ingredient parts not a major part of a handcrafted item.

(3) Handcrafted means the production of a product wholly by hand tools,
with the exception of buffing or polishing and the findings used upon the products.

(4) Other arts and crafts means any product that is represented as an
Indian design or product but is not handcrafted by Indian labor or workmanship or
that is made by machine or from synthetic or artificial materials.

(5) Imitation turquoise means any artificial compound or mineral
manufactured or treated so as to closely approximate turquoise in composition or
color or any other mineral represented as turquoise when in fact it is not.

(6) Indian means any person who is enrolled or is a lineal descendent of
one enrolled upon an enrollment listing of the bureau of Indian affairs or upon the
enrollment listing of a recognized Indian tribe domiciled in the United States or a
person recognized by any Indian tribe as being Indian.

(7) Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, organized band, or pueblo that is
domiciled in the United States.

(8) Natural means the status of a mineral component, used in the
preparation of authentic Indian arts and crafts, that does not include any chemical
alteration or discoloration.

(9) Plasticized means the process through which natural turquoise of a
soft, porous nature is altered by impregnating it with acrylic resin or any other
substance of a similar nature to produce a change in coloration of the turquoise and
allow it to accept a polished finish.

(10) Represented means the presentation of a product in words,
description, state of being, or symbols when the product is offered for sale, trade,
exchange, or purchase.

(11) Spin cast means the casting of jewelry components, other than
findings, by means of centrifugal force.

(12) Stabilized means the chemical process through which natural
turquoise of a soft, porous nature is altered to produce a change in the coloration of
the natural mineral.

(13) Treated means any chemical process through which a natural
turquoise is altered to produce a change in coloration of the natural mineral.

(14) Turquoise means a blue, green, greenish-blue, or sky-blue mineral,
containing phosphorus, aluminum, copper, and iron, used as a gemstone in its cut
and polished form.

(15) Unnatural means the status of any mineral compound or substance
that is not natural or that has been chemically altered, including a stabilized,
plasticized, or treated mineral and imitation turquoise.