Amethyst on Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a rarely seen specimen from Unaweep Canyon in Western Colorado featuring attractive sparkling, lavender crystals of Amethyst sitting atop a layer of richly colored octahedral green Fluorite on matrix. If you flip the piece over, you'll see a thin layer of translucent mint green Fluorite on the piece. It's rare to find specimens from the actual Amethyst Queen Claim on the market, and this piece is one of the best we've had to offer in the auctions. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #6492CL. 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.