Mountain Leather
A variety of Asbestos
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About Mountain Leather
A variety of Asbestos
An early popular name for the leather-like varieties of asbestos. Similar material has been called mountain paper, mountain wood, or mountain cork.
See also: pilolite.
Minerals known to form "mountain leather" include actinolite, chrysotile, palygorskite, saponite, sepiolite, tremolite or zeolite.
An early popular name for the leather-like varieties of asbestos. Similar material has been called mountain paper, mountain wood, or mountain cork.
See also: pilolite.
Minerals known to form "mountain leather" include actinolite, chrysotile, palygorskite, saponite, sepiolite, tremolite or zeolite.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
9168 (as Mountain Leather)
383 (as Asbestos)
383 (as Asbestos)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:9168:4 (as Mountain Leather)
mindat:1:1:383:6 (as Asbestos)
mindat:1:1:383:6 (as Asbestos)
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
90c54f25-934f-416d-a99c-c2880168741b (as Mountain Leather)
8331695d-0e81-4954-bf61-9b3ec46dad1f (as Asbestos)
8331695d-0e81-4954-bf61-9b3ec46dad1f (as Asbestos)
Synonyms of Mountain Leather
Other Language Names for Mountain Leather
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
5 photos of Mountain Leather associated with Magnetite | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
3 photos of Mountain Leather associated with Copper | Cu |
3 photos of Mountain Leather associated with Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 |
2 photos of Mountain Leather associated with Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F |
1 photo of Mountain Leather associated with Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
1 photo of Mountain Leather associated with Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
1 photo of Mountain Leather associated with Sepiolite | Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2 · 6H2O |
1 photo of Mountain Leather associated with Amethyst | SiO2 |
1 photo of Mountain Leather associated with Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
1 photo of Mountain Leather associated with Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Mountain Leather
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References for Mountain Leather
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Localities for Mountain Leather
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence.
? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Argentina | |
| Dr Nestor Hillar Puxeddu specimens |
Austria | |
| Martin Gruell |
| Sigmund 1912 |
| Stroh (1979) |
Canada | |
| C. Lemanski collection (7801CL) |
Chile | |
| Henwood (1871) |
Germany | |
| Meier (2008) |
Italy | |
| dan weinrich |
Japan | |
| Dr. Yohachiro Okamoto collection (conserved by the Geological Survey of Japan) |
UK | |
| Alysson Rowan collection |
| Carne (1822) |
USA | |
| Ward's Natural Science Co. and ... |
| Galbraith (1959) |
| www.mineralsocal.org |
| www.mineralsocal.org |
| Murdoch (1966) |
| Fitch (1931) +1 other reference |
| Januzzi et al. (1976) |
| King et al. (1994) |
King et al. (1994) | |
| Rocks & Min.: 21:274-275. |
| Hitchcock +1 other reference |
| King (n.d.) |
| Minerals of Laurel Hill et al. (published privately) |
| Manchester (1931) |
| Entwistle (1944) |
| Lasky (1947) +1 other reference |
Manchester (1931) | |
| Robinson et al. (2007) |
| Rocks & Min.: 14: 4-9. |
| Miller (1972) |
| Grant |
| Lucarini |
| Lucarini |
| Grant |
| Morrill & Chaffee |
| Rocks & Min 71:337 |
| Dietrich (1990) |
Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, La Calera, Calera Norte District, Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina