Corundum (var: Ruby) (RARE locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A rarely seen near "floater" Ruby crystal from this lesser-known schist outcrop along the Sagstuen River (Sagstua).  A complete tabular hexagonal crystal with a light beige hue on the exterior edges, but the center features an attractive purplish-red ruby hue.  A bit of attached schist can be seen on a couple edge.  A really cool piece for any fan of thumbnails, Rubies or oddball locality pieces.  You almost never see these on the market. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey  (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html).   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.