Bournonite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

This is the first and only specimen of Bournonite that we've seen from this locality. Please note that this specimen was listed as coming from "Szadlovsky mine, Inagyohegy, Rozsnyö, Hungary" in Chet's collection catalogue, but it's certainly from the Sadlovský Vein in Slovakia. This piece features a sharp, well-formed, metallic, dark grey colored crystal of Bournonite measuring 6 mm sitting on tan rhombic Siderite crystals on matrix. I love the beautiful defined striations that can be seen on the front face of the Bournonite. If you collect sulfosalts, European minerals, or pieces from rare localities, don't miss out on this attractive specimen for your collection. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #14515CL. 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.