Fluorite on Orthoclase (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

Baveno is famous producing some of the most iconic Feldspar crystals in the world. The locality is so famous that there is a specific twin law for Feldspar that is named after Baveno. With that said, we don't see a lot of Fluorite specimens from Baveno, and this piece is a really nice display specimen. This cabinet sized piece is a large, flat specimen featuring gemmy, purple & green zoned, modified cubic Fluorite crystals with tan, blocky Orthoclase crystals and milky, lustrous, prismatic Quartz crystals. The largest Fluorite measures 7 mm on edge. A very eye-catching and fine quality example of this uncommon material from Baveno. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #19483CL. 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.