Fluorite with Celestine (classic material) (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

Item Description

A classic specimen of Fluorite from Clay Center hosting several lustrous, sharp, cubic crystals exhibiting a classic golden to "root beer" color measuring up to 3.1 cm associated with prismatic white crystals of Celestine. Good quality, most of the crystals are undamaged and beautiful to view from a few directions. Like most from the locality, this piece is also fluorescent, showing a blue-white color in areas under UV. The exteriors fluoresce a bit more than the centers. Great three-dimensional form and appeal, and very eye-catching in person. The piece is in fairly good shape, though a lot of the Celestine crystals are contacted. It sits rather nicely on its own without the aid of a base or clay. From the collection of Chester ("Chet") S. Lemanski Jr. of Browns Mills, New Jersey (https://www.mindat.org/user-461.html). Collection #12607CL. 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.