Copper included in Calcite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A classic specimen of Native Copper included inside of Calcite from the famous Copper Country of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. These iconic specimens are the finest known examples of this specific combination of minerals ever found. This piece features a solitary, sharp, well-formed, translucent scalenohedral crystal of colorless Calcite included with beautiful Native Copper. The Copper takes on a rosy hue when its frozen inside the Calcite (not oxidized), but you can see a bit of Copper on the exterior with a darker copper colored patina. Minor roughness in a few spots, but overall a very nice example of these beloved specimens. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #0020CL. 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.