Fluorite (RARE locality) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

According to the entry on mindat.org, this old Fluorite mine started out as a silver producer in the 1600s. Most collectors don't have a specimen of Fluorite from this locality, even though it hosted a 1km long veing of Fluorite that was up to 4 meters thick in areas. This piece is a decent reference specimen featuring, with cubic, nearly colorless to light gray Fluorite crystals on massive Fluorite. The largest crystal measures 1.2 cm on edge. A cool esoteric specimen that would make a nice addition to any worldwide Fluorite suite. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #9041CL. 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.