Fluorapatite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Here we have a highly aesthetic miniature sized specimen from Pakistan featuring many sharp, lustrous, gemmy, soft pink color hexagonal crystals of Fluorapatite with no matrix. The largest crystal measures 1.0 cm across. The piece displays beautifully as you can see from the photos, and it actually sits on its own without the aid of a base or clay. A classic pink Apatite from Pakistan, very eye-catching. The piece glows a brilliant yellow under SW UV light. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #20192CL. 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.