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Mountain Leather from
Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, La Calera, Calera Norte District, Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina


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Mountain Leather

Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, La Calera, Calera Norte District, Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

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Mountain Leather

Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, La Calera, Calera Norte District, Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina
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Mountain Leather

Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, La Calera, Calera Norte District, Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Asbestos var: Mountain Leather
Comments:Argentine mineralogist Dr Nestor Hillar Puxeddu labeled this material "Cuero de Montaña (Crísotilo)", although dealer Dave Shannon seems to have called it Actinolite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mountain Leather data
Locality Data:Click here to view Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, La Calera, Calera Norte District, Colón Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1516787
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1516787:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Dr. Nestor Hillar Puxeddu specimens
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Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.). Wiley-Interscience. p.1872
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