Astrophyllite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Classic bronze colored layered / foliated crystals of Astrophyllite free of matrix from the famous Eveslogchorr Mt locality in Russia. This is a rich specimen with good quality crystals, seldom seen on the market today. You don't see a lot of pieces off matrix like this, and this is certainly a great example of these classic specimens. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #2362CL. 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.