Anhydrite (fine blue color) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A classic example of the famous Naica Anhydrite crystals. This piece has the distinctive soft blue color with good luster and a semi-"spray" or "fan"-like formation. It's not 100% damage free, but it's well-crystallized and a good representation of this well-known material. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #1679CL. 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.