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Mountain Leather from
Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Description
Comments:	Fairly thick, white, matted fibers of amphibole asbestos.
Habit:	firbous
Colour:	white
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Januzzi, Ronald E. (1976), Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Mountain Leather data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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