Brazilianite with Muscovite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Start Time: 10/14/2021 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/21/2021 7:05:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $235

Item Description

Here we have a classic, old time Brazilianite from Governador Valadares. The front face of the piece features several euhedral, well-formed, sharp, lustrous, gemmy/translucent crystals of classic yellow-green Brazilianite, but the sides and back of the pieces are contacted, so it's not pristine all the way around. Accenting golden bladed crystals of Muscovite at the base make for a nice touch. You don't see many pieces of Brazilianite this size on the market, and while it's not a perfect specimen, it's still showy from the front, and a very worthwhile example of this classic material. Priced at $1,200 in the inventory. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #20538CL. 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.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$235 10/21/2021 6:55:43 pm (CDT)
$225 10/21/2021 6:50:49 pm (CDT)
$215 10/21/2021 6:49:26 pm (CDT)
$205 10/21/2021 6:43:58 pm (CDT)
$195 10/21/2021 3:12:09 pm (CDT)
$185 10/21/2021 11:21:57 am (CDT)
$175 * 10/21/2021 11:21:44 am (CDT)
$175 * 10/21/2021 11:21:44 am (CDT)
$140 10/19/2021 10:24:14 pm (CDT)
$138 10/19/2021 10:24:14 pm (CDT)
$130 10/19/2021 10:23:56 pm (CDT)
$120 10/19/2021 10:23:56 pm (CDT)
$85 10/19/2021 10:18:07 pm (CDT)
$75 10/19/2021 10:18:07 pm (CDT)
$65 10/19/2021 10:17:31 pm (CDT)
$55 10/19/2021 10:17:31 pm (CDT)
$45 10/19/2021 9:22:30 am (CDT)
$40 10/19/2021 9:22:30 am (CDT)
$30 10/18/2021 9:32:39 pm (CDT)
$25 10/18/2021 9:32:39 pm (CDT)
$15 10/18/2021 7:16:23 am (CDT)
$10 10/16/2021 5:50:50 am (CDT)
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