I visited a couple of un-licensed dispensaries at the local Seneca Reservation with a friend, and she bought a few strains to try (1/8's for $20, oz's for $100). She gifted me a 1/8 of Pink Runtz.... very professional packaging in a glass jar with a Boost 62% built into the lid. Anyway, the buds are very hard and dense like the ones you showed from CA. I thought it might just be because it's machine-trimmed, but the consistency is so hard I'm thinking maybe it's sprayed with something during drying or cure: