Mineral tanned leather

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Description

Leather tanned using inorganic salts, such as chromium, iron, aluminum, and zirconium compounds. Examples of minerals used in tanning include alum, sulfate chromium sulfate, and sulfate zirconium sulfate.

See also tawing, leather chrome leather.

Synonyms and Related Terms

mineral tanning; pele curtida a mineral (Port.); piel curtida al mineral (Esp.)

Authority

Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

Website address 1, Website address 1 Comment: AMOL reCollections Glossary - http://amol.org.au/recollections/7/c/htm

Website address 2 Comment: American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org

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