It has been long known that freshly opened bolls of cotton are highly lustrous. This is shown to be due to inherent optical and morphological properties of the individual cotton fibers (“single fiber” luster) and also to the overall packing of the fibers against the inner surface of the boll (“bulk” luster).
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