Show in Finder intermittent

Good Morning:
When highlighting a clip or still in the viewer, a right click normally produces the option of "show in finder", second from the top. Certain, I can't determine a pattern, clips & stills do not give this option. If I go to the Finder and search for that item, I am able to find it with the same file path as a previous item that did give the show in finder option. This will happen with successively numbered items. I believe that everything was imported using the same procedure.
Puzzled I am
Thanks for your input
Kent

In a Managed library all the files are stored inside the library package. In a Referenced library the files are stored wherever you like, separate from the library.
A library can contain both managed and referenced masters. An easy way to see which you have of which type is to create a smart album of all your images, in the selection critera pane click on the gear wheel in the top right hand corner and choose file status as an additional filter brick. You can then set the folder to show just managed or just referenced images.
HTH

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