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1.- Subject to Note 1 (A) to Section VI and except as provided below, all articles consisting wholly or partly : (a) Of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), or (b) Of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, are to be classified in this Chapter. 2.- (A) Headings 71.13, 71.14 and 71.15 do not cover articles in which precious metal or metal clad with precious metal is present as minor constituents only, such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation (for example, monograms, ferrules and rims), and paragraph (b) of the foregoing Note does not apply to such articles (). (B) Heading 71.16 does not cover articles containing precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (other than as minor constituents). 3.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal (heading 28.43); (b) Sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or other goods of Chapter 30; (c) Goods of Chapter 32 (for example, lustres); (d) Supported catalysts (heading 38.15); (e) Articles of heading 42.02 or 42.03 referred to in Note 3 (B) to Chapter 42; (f) Articles of heading 43.03 or 43.04; (g) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); (h) Footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65; (ij) Umbrellas, walking-sticks or other articles of Chapter 66; (k) Abrasive goods of heading 68.04 or 68.05 or Chapter 82, containing dust or powder of precious or semi-precious stones (natural or synthetic); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in this Chapter, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (heading 85.22); (l) Articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments); (m) Arms or parts thereof (Chapter 93); (n) Articles covered by Note 2 to Chapter 95; (o) Articles classified in Chapter 96 by virtue of Note 4 to that Chapter; or () The underlined portion of this Note constitutes an optional text.