Fluorite (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

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A cool specimen labeled as coming from Fürstenberg in Chet's collection catalogue, though I can't find a confirmation of this locality on any database, so I'm not quite certain specifically where it's from. If anybody out there has some info as to a specific mine where this piece could have originated, please let us know. Several sharp, glowing green octahedral crystals of Fluorit measuring up to 7mm on Quartz and host rock matrix. Some of the crystals have a bit of damage, so it's more of a reference specimen, but the color is quite fetching, especially for smaller crystals. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #7020CL. 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.