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Answer for the clue "Asian mink or its fur ", 8 letters:
kolinsky

Word definitions for kolinsky in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kolinsky \Ko*lin"sky\, n. [Russ. kolinski of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound.] Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus , the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The Siberian weasel, ''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustela%20sibirica'' 2 The fur of the Siberian weasel

Usage examples of kolinsky.

Boyle, plus Wright, Detective Captain Evans and Detective Kolinsky burst into the home and rushed the kitchen.

They come from a rare type of Kolinsky sable, and the brushes are handmade in one small factory in Manchuria.