Fluorite (hard to find locality specimen) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Běstvina, Chrudim District, Iron Mountains, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
Small Cabinet, 8.7 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 10/15/2022 7:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/29/2022 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $170

Item Description

A seldom seen specimen from Běstvina, a now closed Fluorite-Baryte mine in the Iron Mountains of the Czech Republic. The piece features soft golden-yellow color, sharp, well-formed cubes measuring up to 6 mm on edge, sitting atop a layer of sparkling white Quartz which is coating a previous generation of massive soft golden colored Fluorite matrix. A small amount of beige bladed Baryte can be seen for a nice touch. Very good condition all around, very minor roughness in a few spots. If you're a Fluorite collector, or a fan of European minerals, don't miss out on this attractive small cabinet specimen from this mine that closed in 1993. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #2261CL. 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.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$170 10/29/2022 5:36:20 pm (CDT)
$160 10/29/2022 5:36:06 pm (CDT)
$156 10/29/2022 5:36:06 pm (CDT)
$135 10/29/2022 4:45:31 pm (CDT)
$125 10/29/2022 4:45:30 pm (CDT)
$110 10/27/2022 10:34:08 pm (CDT)
$100 10/23/2022 1:33:47 pm (CDT)
$90 10/21/2022 9:19:32 am (CDT)
$88 10/21/2022 9:19:32 am (CDT)
$80 10/21/2022 9:18:49 am (CDT)
$70 10/21/2022 7:31:05 am (CDT)
$61 10/21/2022 7:31:04 am (CDT)
$60 10/21/2022 3:36:43 am (CDT)
$50 10/21/2022 3:36:25 am (CDT)
$49 10/21/2022 3:36:25 am (CDT)
$38 10/20/2022 10:37:38 am (CDT)
$33 10/20/2022 10:37:37 am (CDT)
$10 10/18/2022 2:41:58 am (CDT)