SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - FLUORITES FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHET LEMANSKI - Ends SATURDAY August 7, 2021

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)
Stollberg, Saxony, Germany
6.9 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shaft 137, Wolkenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
6.1 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
7.2 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Fürstenberg, Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
9.7 x 8.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Felix Mine, Azusa, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles County, California, USA
6.2 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $208
Fluorite (RARE locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Corvara Mine (Rabenstein Mine), Pénnes Valley (Pensertal), Sarentino Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
8.8 x 8.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Fluorite (rare botryoidal habit) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite on iron-bearing Quartz (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
L'Argentolle, Saint-Prix, Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
9.3 x 9.1 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.9 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Fluorite on Dolomite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Cavnic (Kapnic), Maramureș Co., Romania
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Fluorite with Galena (RARE locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.7 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Heights Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK
9.3 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Spar Hill, Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
9.3 x 7.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Fluorite (RARE locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka, Alaska, USA
9.9 x 6.9 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
11.0 x 10.8 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Fluorite (multi-color
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
10.7 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA
9.8 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $630
Fluorite (classic New England locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
9.8 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $694
Fluorite (blue over green octahedra) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $233
Fluorite on Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Ödsbach Mine, Oberkirch, Oberkirch, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
9.0 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Melchor Múzquiz, Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
8.4 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $116
Fluorite with Anhydrite and Quartz (large impressive specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Campiano Mine, Montieri, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
21.8 x 16.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $556
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
16.2 x 13.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $317
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, USA
9.4 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $555
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.1 x 9.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $391
Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)
Jilove near Decin, Usti Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
12.5 x 11.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $749