Cinnabar (rare locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

This is a very rarely seen specimen of Cinnabar from Dedova Hora (Poisonous Mountain) in Bohemia featuring almost resinous looking massive cochineal red colored Cinnabar on host rock matrix. The catalogue entry for this specimen states that it dates back to 1857. You never see these specimens offered on the market, so don't miss out on this one if you're a fan of sulfides or old classic European minerals. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #21791CL. 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.