SPECIAL AUCTION - WORLDWIDE FLUORITES FROM THE CHET LEMANSKI COLLECTION - Ends SATURDAY October 29, 2022

Continuing with our special themed auctions, this week we're offering a special selection of Fluorite specimens from the vast collection of Chet Lemanski.

 

Chet was born 1947 in started collecting minerals circa 1957.  He worked briefly as a drill runner at the famous Sterling Mine, in Ogdensburg, New Jersey and from 1987 to 1990 he helped convert the mine into a public access mining museum.  He has held the role of treasurer, vice president and president of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (FOMS), and has been a board member and vice president of the Franklin Mineral Museum.  The rare copper arsenate, Lemanskiite was named in his honor in 1999.

 

** PLEASE NOTE ** This auction closes on a SATURDAY, not our normal Thursday night auctions. 

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Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
8.6 x 5.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Fluorite (hard to find locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Běstvina, Chrudim District, Iron Mountains, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
8.7 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Fluorite (uncommon locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Vignola Mine, Vignola-Falesina, Valsugana, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
7.7 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ilmenau, Ilm District, Thuringia, Germany
11.0 x 8.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Papachacra pegmatites, Papachacra, Corral Quemado, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Fluorite with Baryte (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Bjelaja Retschka, Caucasus Region, Russia
6.0 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Fluorite (RICH COLOR) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals) with Scheelite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
6.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
May Stone and Sand Quarry (Fort Wayne Quarry), Allen County, Indiana, USA
10.3 x 6.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Münstertal, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
8.7 x 7.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
8.3 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Fluorite with Calcite (RARE New Jersey locality!) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Trap Rock Industries Kingston Quarry (Rocky Hill), Kingston Trap Rock Quarry, Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
8.3 x 7.8 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Gloria Mine, Cardenchosa, Hornachuelos, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
8.7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Berta Quarry and Mine, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Vallès Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
7.7 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Fluorite (gemmy ''phantom'' crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Anton Mine, Wieden, Lörrach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5.1 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $169
Fluorite (deep purple color) on Green Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
New Mexico, USA
6.9 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Fluorite with Calcite and Galena (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cumbria, England, UK
9.4 x 8.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $366
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cäcilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
10.3 x 6.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Fluorite with Quartz (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
8.8 x 7.4 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Fluorite with Calcite (RARE Chinese locale) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
11.3 x 9.1 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Fluorite (odd locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Los Lamentos Mts (Sierra de Los Lamentos) (?), Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.7 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $166