Cancrinite with Sodalite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A hefty large cabinet specimen from Bancroft featuring muted yellow Cancrinite associated with rich navy blue Sodalite on syenite matrix. These specimens come from the CN Dump, which according to the listing on mindat.org state, "The CN Rock Dump is comprised of material that was transported from the Golding-Keene Quarry for use in the construction of the railway that used to run through the Town of Bancroft." This piece is by far the largest and richest example of this material that we've ever had to offer in the auctions, and was valued at $850 in our inventory. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #2627CL. 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.