Fluorite (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A classic specimen of Fluorite from the famous Minerva Mine #1 featuring sharp, well-formed cubic crystals showing a gorgeous deep purple hue. Overall, the front of the piece is in good shape, but it is contacted on the lower front corner, where it was removed from the pocket wall. This locality is well known for amazing multi-color Fluorite specimens, though they are few and far between on the market these days. This area is completely closed down and will never produce these specimens again. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #13971CL. 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.